22 cybersecurity trends for 2022 mapped to our HFS OneEcosystem™

While opportunities for value creation through the establishment of ecosystems are evident, the cyber risks and challenges are very real and cannot be ignored. Customers, employees, and partners need to connect to create value, but they must stay protected with a model run on digital trust and security.

Cyber threats can come from both inside and outside the enterprise. Protecting one side of the ecosystem very well but ignoring or glossing over other network entities is certainly not robust enough to defend against modern cyber threats. A breach could happen from any side of the ecosystem and quickly spread through the highly interconnected network nodes. A security breach impacting a strategic partner could have a detrimental cascading effect on the enterprise and its ability to function, ultimately limiting its ability to adequately serve
customers.

2022 will be the year where enterprises realize that the only way to effectively respond to emerging cyber threats is to get talented people to work effectively with each other, automate and orchestrate security processes when possible, boost intelligence to solve highly complex security challenges, and last but not least increase visibility to monitor and identify new threats. We believe that 2022 will see a wide range of cybersecurity initiatives and advancements aimed at strengthening the ecosystem’s overall cybersecurity posture.

We have compiled a list of trends based on our latest cybersecurity survey findings, briefings with a wide range of service providers and technology vendors, and qualitative interviews with enterprise clients. We will be delivering specific research initiatives in 2022 to provide clear, data-driven, and actionable insights across these trends.