EDITOR ’ S QUESTION

VINCENT BERK , CTO AND CHIEF SECURITY ARCHITECT ,

RIVERBED | ATERNITY

We are only now starting to recognise that network security requirements have driven a high level of complexity . We are just scratching the surface and I predict that 2022 and 2023 will be when enterprises will start to realise the complexities that have been created and there will be a significant struggle to address them .

In 2022 , we will see enterprises focus on trying to better secure the end-user or allow them to better secure themselves . This will force a shift in enterprise spending .

Data alone is not king , it ’ s what you do with it that matters

It ’ s no longer what data you collect , it ’ s how you put all these pieces together to understand what ’ s slowing down your network .

Security shifts to the user

With the Metaverse , computing is becoming very personal and the vector is increasingly the connected individual , not the enterprise security . In this model , the user is the weak link and will increasingly be targeted to gain access to credentials .

In 2022 , we will see enterprises focus on trying to better secure the end-user or allow them to better

secure themselves . This will force a shift in enterprise spending to focus on personal security .

2022 will become the year of unplugging

Interconnectedness has become a recurring theme . I predict we will see more and more security companies focusing on controlling connected cloud services ( for example Slack and Jira ).

And end-users will contemplate if all this interconnectedness between their personal and professional lives is smart – and worth introducing security holes into our lives . We predict a mass move to ‘ unplugging ’.

I predict that enterprises are going to become a victim of data deluge and organisations will be actively working to solve this problem . Software companies that collect the most diverse data will be in the best position to accurately identify the root cause of network slowdowns .

I predict that 2022 and 2023 will be when enterprises will start to realise the complexities that have been created and there will be a significant struggle to address them .

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