Top 4 security trends to watch for 2021

• Published in: CSO (Online)
• Main Author: Nadeau, Michael
• Format: Trade Publication Article
• Language: English
• Published: Framingham Foundry 08.12.2020
• Subjects: Access control; Cloud computing; COVID-19; Cybersecurity; Denial of service attacks; Malware; Nation states; Pandemics; Privacy; Ransomware; Risk management; Security management; Security services; Threats; Trends

According to the 2020 Crowdstrike Global Security Attitude Survey conducted in August and September, 27% of ransomware victims paid a ransom fee in the previous 12 months, paying on average $1.1 million. Cloudflare reported that some groups, including Fancy Bear, Cozy Bear and Lazarus, are now conducting ransom-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Greg Wood, senior vice president for information security and risk management at the Walt Disney Company, spoke at the CSO50 conference about how CISOs should talk about security going into 2021. Respondents say they will either evaluate or invest in these technologies for 2021: * Zero trust (40%) * Deception technology (32%) * Authentication solutions (32%) * Access controls (27%) * Application monitoring (25%) * Cloud-based security services (22%) 4.