Netwrix Reveals Five Cyber Security Trends to Watch in 2020 and Beyond

IRVINE, Calif., June 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Netwrix, a vendor that makes data security easy, reveals the top five cybersecurity trends for organizations to keep an eye on in the second half of 2020 and beyond. Although the massive transition to remote work in response to the global pandemic has led to an increase in cyber-attacks, Netwrix experts don't envision dramatic shifts in the cybersecurity threat landscape. Instead, they identify the following trends that have accelerated and will have the biggest impact on organizations:

    --  The insider threat will become even more pressing. With many
        organizations already planning to keep more of their staff working from
        home, IT teams will have to adapt to a larger remote workforce -- which
        means a lack of control over a greater number of endpoints and network
        devices. Therefore, organizations need to develop new security
        strategies based on the zero trust model, including ways to prevent
        sensitive data from spreading across employee endpoints and cloud
        collaboration tools.

    --  Security by design and by default will become the norm. Use of online
        services -- from retailers to social media to productivity tools -- has
        exploded during the pandemic. Unfortunately, many users have little
        knowledge about cybersecurity threats, which makes them easy targets for
        online scams. To mitigate risk, organizations should clearly communicate
        security best practices, but they will also need to build in as many
        safeguards as possible. Indeed, every organization offering online
        services will be under increased scrutiny to enable strong security and
        privacy settings by default, and some will use advanced security options
        as a market differentiator.

    --  Deepfakes will take spoofing to the next level.Emails impersonating
        C-level management and voice spoofing will continue, but the extensive
        use of video conferencing for regular communication will lead to a rise
        in a newer variant of this attack vector: video spoofing.  We don't
        expect deepfakes to become widespread soon, but AI and neural networks
        will make them more probable. To withstand this threat, organizations
        will have to reshape their approval processes, especially for budget and
        data access. In addition, IT teams will need to increase the
        accountability of all employees and prevent illegitimate elevation of
        privileges.

    --  Attacks will go undetected in a flood of false alarms.The abrupt change
        to remote working has caused many security monitoring solutions to
        generate far more false positives, since they require time to adapt to
        the new normal. A similar spike in false alarms will occur when
        employees return to the office. Hackers will continue to use these
        turbulent time to launch attacks, knowing that organizations will be
        blind to their malicious behavior. IT needs to remain vigilant and find
        ways to spot and investigate the true threats in all the noise.

    --  Organizations will move beyond passwords.As people flock to online
        services, re-use of passwords between services will increase, since
        users cannot remember dozens of unique passwords and are reluctant to
        adopt password management tools. To reduce the risk of breaches from
        compromised credentials, organizations will adopt non-password
        authentication methods, such as biometric data like fingerprints or eye
        scans. As the amount of personal data transmitted and stored online
        increases, organizations will need to implement adaptive risk management
        programs and have security in mind every time they implement new
        services and technologies.

"Every crisis forces organizations to scrutinize where they are focusing their resources and efforts. While many IT projects can be suspended, a strong cybersecurity strategy remains vital. Automating cybersecurity tasks enables IT professionals to do more with less while reducing human errors and inconsistencies, which helps the organization improve productivity, reduce operational expenditures and refocus the talent of their workers on more critical areas," said Ilia Sotnikov, VP of Product Management.

About Netwrix

Netwrix makes data security easy by simplifying how professionals control sensitive, regulated and business-critical data, regardless of where it resides. Over 10,000 organizations worldwide rely on Netwrix solutions to secure sensitive data, realize the full business value of enterprise content, pass compliance audits with less effort and expense, and increase the productivity of IT teams and knowledge workers.

Founded in 2006, Netwrix has earned more than 150 industry awards and been named to both the Inc. 5000 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500 lists of the fastest growing companies in the U.S.

For more information, visit www.netwrix.com.

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Erin Jones
Avista PR for Netwrix
P: 704.664.2170
E: pr@netwrix.com

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