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FireEye shares its top cybersecurity trends for 2021 and says business leaders must build capabilities and strategies that will protect them in the days to come .

release forward-looking reports about what ’ s to come in the next year , but very few in 2019 anticipated the global pandemic and the worldwide reaction to it .

While 2020 brought great uncertainty , there remain many guarantees in the cybersecurity realm – threat actors will continue to attack , without any regard for their targets and with motivations that include , but are not limited to , espionage and monetary gain .

With an eye towards the future , we compiled a list of cybersecurity expectations for the coming year . In the report , A Global Reset : Cyber Security Predictions 2021 , we tackle the following topics : remote work and other impacts of the global pandemic , ransomware , nationstate activity , cloud security and security validation .

Targeted attacks against medical facilities during the pandemic crossed a line that had never before been approached .

Remote work and other impacts of the pandemic

In the near term , the Coronavirus will likely continue to have a significant impact on normal business operations , with a focus on supporting remote work , virtual events and new productivity platforms . In the longer term , technology solutions will step in to facilitate the return to work , school and other activities , potentially introducing new risks for privacy , Personally Identifiable Information ( PII ) and protected health information ( PHI ).

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