Trends in the Field of Cyber Security

As the world is becoming more dependent on technology than ever before, there has been a surge in digital data creation and a great deal of this data is being transmitted across networks to other computers. This has led to organizations growing more prone to hacking and cyber-attacks. Any violation of data can have devastating consequences to a company’s reputation and it could lose the customer's trust and its competitive advantage in the market. Cyber-attacks are becoming a part and parcel of the digital world with cyber attackers showing new levels of purpose by sophisticated attacks on networks every day and with organizations fighting a battle against the greatest threat, cyber attackers. Therefore, it is becoming crucial to focus on the effectiveness of present techniques and practices.

The benefits of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning technologies are being felt in all market segments, including Cyber Security where they are being used for face detection, natural language processing, and threat detection. Businesses across the globe have realized the importance of having an effective Cyber Security plan and strategy which is no more a luxury but a necessity. Among the Cyber Security trends that are expected to shape the Cyber Security ecosystem in 2020 include, ensuring personal data privacy, data breaches which are considered as the top cyber threat, adopting a completely new approach to enterprise security, automation and integration in Cyber Security, combating risks related to IoT devices, and Phishing attacks which is a successful method of stealing credentials and identities. It is predicted that there will be 6.3 billion Internet users by 2022, and 7.7 Billion Internet users by 2030, and in such a scenario the need for Cyber Security professionals is going to stay.