The State of Cybersecurity | 2022 Trends

2022 Trends The State of Cybersecurity

2021 was a landmark year in cybersecurity.

The rapid, piecemeal changes businesses made on the fly to infrastructure, applications, and access controls during 2020’s huge shift to remote work were now under scrutiny, while security teams were still busy defending against the litany of attacks and attack methods.

 

As the size, scope, and sophistication of attacks continued to grow, many organisations spent the past year overwhelmed by perpetual change—wondering when, where, and how things will ever improve.

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In early 2022, Arctic Wolf conducted a survey of 300+ global IT security decision makers to understand their priorities and anticipated challenges for the year ahead.
Our goal was to understand their security roadmaps for 2022, and to get first-hand perspective on their current objectives and potential obstacles looming on the horizon.

What we learned:

Our Research Findings

Show that ransomware, phishing and vulnerabilities don’t just monopolize headlines, they’re taking up security professionals’ headspace, too.

Why poll IT leaders?

Organizations will find themselves shifting their security strategy again in 2022 in order to stay ahead of those attacks, and IT leaders will be leading those shifts.

Motivator for Security Goals:

77% of companies rank the potential financial impact of a breach as the top reason for setting their security goals.

77%

Feared Impact of a Breach

TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

Barriers to cloud usage for organisations are decreasing, but cloud security is lagging behind.
WHAT THIS MEANS:

99% of organizations currently use at least one public or private cloud, yet 81% of organizations are not currently using some form of cloud security posture management (CSPM). Only 22% of those organisations currently have plans in place to add this capability to their security program.

Source: Flexera.com
99% OF ORGANIZATIONS are currently using at least one form of public or private cloud

99% of
Organisations

are currently using at least one form of public or private cloud.
81 Percent of Organizations do not have
are not currently using some form of cloud security posture management (CSPM).

Yet 81% of
Organisations

Only 22% of Organisations

have plans in place to add CSPM to their security program.

22%

Threats & Concerns

Ransomware

continues to be a top concern:

We saw an estimated 700 million attacks that used ransom or extortion in 2021.
Source: SonicWall.com
70% of those surveyed rank ransomware as their top security threat concern entering 2022

Our Research Found:

70% of those surveyed rank ransomware as their top security threat concern entering 2022.

Threats & Concerns

Lack of dedicated cybersecurity team or 24x7 SOC operation
The responsibility for establishing and managing a cybersecurity program should ideally be distributed among a team of dedicated and well-trained security professionals who can provide 24x7 coverage of the environment.
44% of those surveyed do not have any staff members assigned to security as their full-time or primary function
We found that 44% of those surveyed do not have any staff members assigned to security as their full-time or primary function.
23% employ only one to three staff members who are fully dedicated to the area of cybersecurity
Of the remaining 56% of responding organisations who do not distribute security responsibilities among their IT staff, 23% employ only one to three staff members who are fully dedicated to the area of cybersecurity.

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The State of Cybersecurity: 2022 Trends

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Air Date: March 10, 2022

In-Depth Review: 2022 Cybersecurity Trends
Reviewing a landmark year in cybersecurity.
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Survey says… cybersecurity continues to evolve at a rapid pace.

In a time of new sophisticated technologies, emerging threats, and a growing attack landscape, it’s never been more important to ensure your organisation’s security.

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