{"id":43078,"date":"2019-11-06T09:24:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T09:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/?p=43078"},"modified":"2020-01-15T13:59:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T13:59:11","slug":"beyondtrust-announces-its-top-security-predictions-for-2020-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/2019\/11\/06\/beyondtrust-announces-its-top-security-predictions-for-2020-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"BeyondTrust announces its top security predictions for 2020 and beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BeyondTrust, a worldwide leader in\nPrivileged Access Management (PAM), has announced its top security predictions\nfor the New Year and into 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morey J. Haber, Chief\nTechnology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, and Christopher\nHills, Senior Solutions Architect, Office of the CTO at BeyondTrust, have\ndelivered the following predictions for 2020 and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Malware auto-updates increase<\/strong>\n\u2013 Since many applications auto-update, cybercriminals now target cloud-based\nupdate mechanisms using a variety of techniques. Most users trust their\napplications to auto-update and may be unaware of the threats made possible by\na compromised cloud connection. Although old-school software piracy is on the\ndecline due to the cloud, cybercriminals\u2019 creativity will continue to zone in\non auto-updates to infect users. Expect high profile applications and operating\nsystems to be targeted by these advanced threats in 2020. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Reruns of old CVEs<\/strong>\n\u2013 January 2020 brings the end for Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. With an\nestimate in the millions of devices still running these operating systems, a myriad\nof vulnerabilities will continue to exist until they are patched, or the operating\nsystems are replaced. Since replacing end of life operating systems can be\ncostly and potentially difficult, 2020 will see them targeted by cybercriminals\nat an accelerated rate. New vulnerabilities disclosed for end of life devices will\nalso arise posing unmanageable risk to many organisations. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Identities become the latest attack\nvector<\/strong> \u2013 Privileged attack vectors have been on the\nrise in recent years, where threat actors compromise accounts, then engage in\nlateral movement to compromise additional assets and accounts with stolen\ncredentials. 2020 will bring more of this, but as threat actors refine their\nstrategies and impersonate users using DeepFake technology, it will be hard to\ndetermine if an identity is real or not. Thus, beyond the usual hijacking of\nemail and SMS messages, we will see fake phone calls with spoofed accents,\nsocial media hijacking, and even biometric hacking using compromised data and\nmalicious Artificial Intelligence to impersonate an identity.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Looking forward through 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>End user passwords phase out<\/strong>\n\u2013 Operating systems and applications will continue to push to end dependency on\npasswords. Authentication patterns such as biometrics and keyboard pattern\nrecognition have proven reliable enough to make passwords obsolete. These\ntechniques will become mainstream over the next five years, gain corporate\nacceptance and remove the need for password usage from day to day computing.\nHowever, credentials and passwords for privileged accounts and legacy systems\nwill remain in use for the next 10 years at least.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Next-gen processors gain footing<\/strong>\n\u2013 Microprocessors based on x86 and x64 technology, though ageing, will remain\nfor the next 20 years. But ARM based computers and tablets are on the rise,\nincluding rumors of a next-generation MacOS and Windows running on ARM. These\nprocessors will bring changes in security, power and performance. The shift\nfrom legacy CPU architectures to ARM will become mainstream in the next five\nyears and require new security tools to protect them.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Facial recognition transactions\nincrease<\/strong> \u2013 Facial recognition technology, though relatively\nimmature, shows great promise. From a vending machine authorising transactions\nbased on facial recognition, to airlines experimenting with facial recognition\nto authorise boarding passes, the technology will mature over the next five\nyears and become widely available. Facial recognition will step in for the\npassword-less authentication practices mentioned above and will present its own\nrisks and data privacy concerns that will need to be addressed.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Cloud offerings triple<\/strong>\n\u2013 The next five years will continue to bring massive growth in cloud-based\narchitecture as the market demands more in availability, scalability and\nsecurity. As this happens, cloud-based threat vectors will increase and the\nneed for security within cloud offerings will become more critical. If the\nCapitol One or Equifax breaches don\u2019t propel the security posture of other\norganisations, similar breaches will continue. Demand will rise for the\nsecuring of the cloud, cloud-based assets, identities and keys from now until\n2025.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe more CISOs and\nother IT staff understand the security implications of evolving technologies,\nthe better prepared they are to make the right investments for their business,\u201d\nsaid Morey Haber, CTO and CISO at BeyondTrust. \u201cIt\u2019s the difference between\nbeing proactive versus reactive and having a security approach that enables new\ntechnologies and business opportunities, versus one that clamps down on them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BeyondTrust, a worldwide leader in Privileged Access Management (PAM), has announced its top security predictions for the New Year and into 2025. Morey J. 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