パンデミック後のプッシュに備えたサイバーセキュリティ

COVID-19は、私たちの働き方、学び方、社交の仕方に多くの変化をもたらしましたが、パンデミック後の最も長期的な影響の1つは、サイバーセキュリティへの注目と投資の増加でしょう。COVID-19 forced a lot of changes in the way we work, learn, and socialize, but perhaps one of the most long-lasting effects post-pandemic will be the increased focus on — and investment in — cybersecurity. The pandemic expanded organizations’ digital footprint and security risk when it forced employees and students, en masse, to work and learn from home. IT vendors and analysts alike expect the “new normal” to involve more remote and flexible work, which means that security risk will no longer be confined within the four walls of companies’ buildings. Gartner predicts that by 2022, 30% of all security teams will have increased the number of employees working remotely on a permanent basis. The analyst firm also expects other organizational changes in response to the pandemic, and these include greater emphasis on cybersecurity. By 2025, Gartner forecasts that 40% of boards of directors will have a dedicated cybersecurity committee overseen by a qualified board member, up from less than 10% today. This increase in large part will be driven by greater organizations risk created by the expanded digital footprint. According to the Gartner 2020 Board of Directors Survey, cybersecurity-related risk is rated as the second-highest source of risk for the enterprise, following regulatory compliance risk. However, relatively few directors feel confident that their company is properly secured against a cyberattack. This also means chief information security officers (CISOs) can expect greater scrutiny — but they will also likely receive more support and resources, Gartner says. The analyst firm predicts that by 2024, 60% of CISOs will establish critical partnerships with key executives in sales, finance, and marketing, up from less than 20% today. A second report echoes Gartner’s predictions that the pandemic will fuel greater demand for increased cybersecurity focus and spending post-pandemic. Dell’Oro Group’s latest five-year network security forecast projects post-pandemic market growth to be stronger than its analysts predicted pre-pandemic. It expects the network security market to rise from $17.6 billion in 2020, to $28.8 billion in 2025, representing a 10% five-year compound annual growth rate. Dell’Oro Group expects that 20% of the U.S. workforce will work remotely post-pandemic, compared to 10% pre-pandemic. And as such, cloud-based security technologies will grow faster than on-premise technologies post-pandemic. For example, the firewall segment, which represents over half of the overall market, won’t rebound as strong as other segments because it has traditionally relied on physical appliances and on-premises corporate deployments. Dell’Oro expects physical appliances playing a shrinking role in the market as enterprises move to virtual and software-as-a-service (SaaS) embodiments. The Dell’Oro Group’s Network Security & Data Center Appliance market 5-Year Forecast Report spans firewalls, secure web gateways, email security, IDS/IPS, application delivery controllers, and web application firewalls.