2020 was an extraordinary year, with the new crown epidemic driving a full-scale acceleration of enterprise digital transformation, and all industries having to rapidly adapt and adopt new technologies for business continuity. With the rapid development of digitalization, especially the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the increasing number of access devices, the issue of cybersecurity has become increasingly prominent. So it is especially important to accurately predict and prevent network security challenges in advance.
A few days ago, Palo Alto Networks, a global leader in network security, held an online media conference with Sean Duca, Vice President and Chief Security Officer of Palo Alto Networks for Asia Pacific and Japan, and Wenjun Chen, President of Palo Alto Networks Greater China***, reviewing the realization of Palo Alto Networks' forecasts for 2020, and making predictions and outlooks for network security trends in 2021. Cybersecurity trends were predicted and outlooked.
Sean Duca, Vice President and Chief Security Officer, Asia Pacific and Japan, Palo Alto Networks
Kevin Chen, President, Greater China, Palo Alto Networks
Predictions for Cybersecurity Trends in 2021
Prediction 1: Miss traveling? Get ready to share more personal data.
In 2021, personal data privacy breaches will become more prominent. Data ****enjoyment is inevitable, especially at a time of severe global epidemics, and the collection of personal trip information and medical information will become more widespread. With the reopening of the travel industry and the opening of reciprocal green channels, personal data will need to be shared across borders," said Sean Duca, who believes that data custodians or data providers should pay more attention to the protection of data security in order to ensure that the data is used correctly and legally.
Prediction 2: For those who are well prepared, the 5G era has begun.
Many countries are accelerating the rollout and application of 5G networks, and Sean Duca believes that in the process of promoting and applying 5G technology, more attention should be paid to the security that is native to the 5G network, so as not to cause security weaknesses in the rollout process because of flaws in the design at the beginning of the rollout of the 5G network.
With the rollout of 5G networks, IoT devices are being used significantly, and Sean Duca suggests that when there are a large number of IoT devices in a network, there should be cooperation with the relevant network operators to protect the security of IoT through a clean pipeline or the necessary network isolation, and other networks to form the necessary segregation and differentiation.
Prediction 3: Working from home becomes smarter and safer.
2020 tells us that it's possible to telecommute across the entire enterprise. Working from home is becoming more widely accepted, and better securing the home office is becoming a priority. Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solutions will become the preferred specification for many organizations to ensure a more secure and reliable home office environment.
Prediction #4: The Year of Rebuilding the Inside Order
With the rapid migration of handy functions like email to the cloud, more work will be virtualized in 2021, forcing many organizations to revisit the security of their existing cloud environments. While cybersecurity control functions remain an important part of cloud security, an additional layer of identity and access management (IAM) governance is now required. Patto Networks research has found that a single IAM misconfiguration can allow an attacker to compromise an entire cloud environment and bypass nearly all security controls.
Enterprise Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) Services, Bringing a New, Simple, and Modern Approach to Data Protection, Privacy, and Compliance
Data leakage is a huge and growing problem globally, but existing legacy and single-point solutions are inconvenient, unsuitable, or ineffective for many organizations with data protection needs. inappropriate or ineffective for many organizations with data protection needs. For this reason, Paitou Networks has launched a new enterprise-grade DLP solution. Chen Wenjun introduced, it is not only powerful, easy to deploy, and does not require new infrastructure, can be integrated with existing security technology, whether the enterprise is to save data in the cloud, local or take a flexible approach, can be applied.
The solution helps protect sensitive data at rest and in motion across every network, cloud, and user access, and easily helps organizations address three major data security concerns:
The solution is described as a single, centralized cloud service that can be deployed to all corners of a large enterprise in minutes without additional infrastructure. In addition, the service makes it easy to define data protection policies and configurations once and apply them automatically to every network location and cloud where an organization has data. This also makes it easy for security teams to deploy the DLP service as organizations add new users or branch offices.
Patto Networks Enterprise Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) Service