What’s trending: 3 cyber trends to know about for 2022

What’s trending: 3 cyber trends to know about for 2022

With so many people and companies digitising their operations during the pandemic, we’ve all found new ways to work virtually. As a result, we expect supply chain attacks to be a big cyber trend in 2022. This is when a cybercriminal finds the weakest link in a supply chain, and uses that as a springboard to hack into the rest of the links in the chain. Think unsecured cloud platforms or out-of-date banking sites.

 

If you collaborate with third-party partners and vendors, it’s important to have a frank conversation about their work from home cybersecurity — and see if they’re on par with your practices.

 

Trending tip: Make it a priority to protect your data so if it does become compromised, you’ll be able to recover any losses and mitigate the effects of a breach. ESET’s Identity & Data Protection can help you set up end-to-end encryption and multi-factor authentication while ensuring you’re meeting your industry’s compliance requirements.

 

#2 Cloud cybersecurity will be a hot topic

 

Between work, school and hobbies, much of our lives moved online in 2020 — and quickly. Many people began using the cloud for the first time, or relying on cloud services to do their jobs.