Research, Trends, and Predictions

Hackers Are Spoilt for Choice: It’s Time to Focus on Data-Centric Security
Getting actionable intelligence about the data breach landscape isn’t always easy. Fortunately, the annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is an exception to the rule. Based on the tech firm’s incident ...

Data Security in 2025: Five Steps to Strategic Success in 2025
As 2024 comes to a close, IT security and business leaders will be braced for another challenging year ahead. In the long-term, economic uncertainty and geopolitical instability seem set to continue, creating ...

A Year in Data Security: Five Things We’ve Learned From 2024
As the dust settles on another hectic 12 months, business and IT leaders should enjoy a well-earned break. But not for long. The end of one year offers a fantastic vantage point ...

Making Sense of the Latest Gartner® Hype Cycle™ Reports
Emerging technologies offer IT and security leaders an exciting opportunity. With the right investments, they can build solid foundations to drive competitive advantage and sustainable growth. But such investments also carry risk ...

What Happens Next? Five Data Protection Predictions for 2024
It’s been another year full of incident. But 2024 has plenty in store for IT and business leaders. As organizations continue to adapt to economic, political and business uncertainty, the value of ...

Lessons Learned: Five Cybersecurity Takeaways from 2023
After another (nearly) action-packed 12 months it’s time to take stock. There have been breaches galore, new cybersecurity mandates and regulations, fascinating data points and the emergence of some industry trends which ...
Security and Privacy in 2023: What to Watch Out for Next Year
Back in January, few could have predicted the events that have unfolded this year. So trying to anticipate trends for the coming 12 months is always going to be fraught with risk ...
Understanding Gartner’s Vision for Format-Preserving Encryption
Global organizations are increasingly outsourcing computing capabilities to drive innovation and growth. Some 92% were estimated to have a multi-cloud strategy last year, while 80% confirmed they were wedded to the hybrid ...
Report: Data-Centric Security Could Save Breached Firms Over $250K
Organizations are investing more than ever in cybersecurity. Recent research reveals that mean spending was up 60% year-on-year to reach $5.3m, and has increased by 250% since 2019. But the devil’s in ...
What Will be the Primary Drivers of Cybersecurity Investment in 2021?
When looking back to the beginning of 2020, we can agree that the world is now in a very different place. The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the world, bringing about changes ...