The Top 21 Security Predictions for 2021
As we recover from the worst pandemic in a century, what will the New Year bring in cyberspace? Here’s your annual roundup of security industry forecasts, trends, themes and cybersecurity predictions. Shutterstock/vs148
When the topic of 2021 security predictions came up at a recent meeting of top cyberindustry executives, several leaders starting laughing.
“Really? After we completely blew it last year?” said one chief strategist.
“Wow! We’re not even out of the woods yet with COVID-19,” said a marketing expert. “How can we talk about the post-pandemic world with credibility?”
“I doubt many cybersecurity companies will fully participate right now Dan. So many moving parts, industry disruptions, budget challenges, political issues, new tech unknowns and more. …”
Business Reporter: Meeting the problem of legacy IT
LONDON, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ In an article published on
Business Reporter, Dr Nefyn Jones, Director of Central Government, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, describes how legacy IT takes up around half of the UK government s IT spend while at the same time making it hard to address numerous issues including agility and information security.
Legacy IT within government is rooted in a historical focus on technology rather than the end-user, combined with a rapidly changing technology marketplace where previous systems can be rendered obsolete rapidly. The result has been a patchwork of government departments, all operating different and complex IT estates.
Suspected Russian spyware Turla targets Europe, United States Reuters Photo
LONDON/BOSTON: A sophisticated piece of spyware has been quietly infecting hundreds of government computers across Europe and the United States in one of the most complex cyber espionage programs uncovered to date.
Several security researchers and Western intelligence officers say they believe the malware, widely known as Turla, is the work of the Russian government and linked to the same software used to launch a massive breach on the US military uncovered in 2008.
It was also linked to a previously known, massive global cyber spying operation dubbed Red October targeting diplomatic, military and nuclear research networks.
Global Banks Battle COVID-19 Crime Wave
LONDON Fraud risk analyst Rajendran Raj was used to the odd out-of-hours alert from authorities, but a call one Saturday in March heralded a new era, of tackling criminals seeking to cash in on coronavirus.
A French drugs firm had contacted Singapore police to report the failed delivery of $10 million of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from a supplier in the Asian financial hub, just as demand for such supplies was rocketing.
Raj, a 30-year veteran of Standard Chartered, traced the payment to a bank in Singapore and then to seven others. Debit card payments then helped Raj’s team track the alleged perpetrator to Hong Kong, leading to his arrest.
Pixie Labs to expand New Relic’s opportunity in the rapidly growing Kubernetes market
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Kubernetes–Today, New Relic, Inc. (NYSE: NEWR), a leader in observability, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pixie Labs, a next generation machine intelligence observability solution for developers using Kubernetes. Pixie dramatically simplifies the process of troubleshooting and live debugging applications in Kubernetes environments by providing instant access to telemetry data without the need to manually add instrumentation to the code. The anticipated addition of Pixie will expand New Relic’s opportunity to serve the rapidly growing Kubernetes market, and drive the acceleration of observability across organizations of every size.