Attack surface expansion, digital supply chain risk and identity threat detection are among the prevailing trends in the area of security and risk management that should be addressed by enterprises this year, according to Gartner, a global tech research and consulting firm.
"Organisations globally are facing sophisticated ransomware, attacks on the digital supply chain and deeply embedded vulnerabilities," said Peter Firstbrook, research vice-president at Gartner.
The pandemic has accelerated hybrid work and the shift to cloud, challenging chief information security officers (CISOs) to secure an increasingly distributed enterprise while dealing with a shortage of skilled security staff, he said.
