TRENDING
FROM AI TO CYBERCRIMINAL NOTORIETY: THREE PREVAILING CYBERSECURITY TRENDS SHAPING THE SECTOR
Will Ledesma, Senior Director of MDR Cybersecurity Operations, Adlumin, an N-able company, and Kevin O’ Connor, Director of Threat Research & Incident Response, Adlumin, an N-able company, with three trends highlighting key shifts in cybersecurity.
The pace of cyber threats is accelerating like never before requiring a reappraisal of outdated, reactive approaches to threat management in favor of embracing new strategies that prioritize proactive defense and a fundamental shift in cybersecurity mindsets.
The following three trends highlight key shifts we can expect to see as 2025 progresses – from the changing relationship between SecOps and ITOps to the rise of AI-driven security operations and a necessary recalibration of how we address cybercriminal notoriety.
These trends reflect the growing need for a more integrated, intelligence-driven, and forward-thinking approach to cybersecurity.
System uptime will lose priority as lines blur between SecOps and ITOps
Historically, IT operations and security operations have been managed separately. For ITOps, maintaining service level agreements( SLAs) and ensuring uptime have been the main priority. Achieving“ five
9s” – availability of services 99.999 % of the time – has become the gold standard.
But as lines blur between ITOps and SecOps, organizations are recognizing that keeping systems up at all costs may not always be the most important objective. Security is taking a higher priority, which includes a growing willingness among security teams to intentionally isolate systems in the event of a cyberattack.
To keep data safe and secure, this is the right thing to do. Risk exposure from a cyberattack, which could do irreparable harm if corporate or customer data is compromised, is much greater than the reputational damage that might be done from a minute disruption of service.
As more organizations embrace this mindset, more companies will err on the side of security in order to ensure integrity and confidentiality with playbooks adding steps to take systems down at the first hint of an attack.
Even though it may be a disruption to employees and customers, these protection actions are for the benefit
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