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Last year (2022) was an unprecedented one for cybersecurity, in both good and bad ways. On the positive side, we saw increased use of passwordless and multifactor authentication (MFA) and zero-trust methods; on the negative, the cost of data breaches reaching an all-time high, the rise of commoditized cybercrime (ransomware-as-a-service), and massive breaches of Twitter, WhatsApp, Rockstar and Uber.
What might we see in 2023? VentureBeat posed this question to several AWS security leaders. Here are their top cybersecurity predictions for 2023.
MFA will become pervasive
“MFA [multifactor authentication] adoption will continue to grow for both business and personal use, including increased use of biometric forms of authentication that improve security and convenience (that is, unlocking devices with a fingerprint or face identification).
“By moving in this direction, the future of MFA will combine robust security with usability, ensuring that users have a frictionless experience while improving their security posture. As one of the simplest and most important protections, MFA is being encouraged as a baseline online protection by the FIDO Alliance, NIST and the U.S. government, which recently issued a statement urging all companies to adopt it.
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“The increased prioritization that governments and prominent security organizations have placed on security over the past few years means MFA will need to be used even more to meet increasingly stringent demands and expectations for security.
“Organizations should monitor anticipated advancements in MFA over the next several years to see how they can improve an existing capability or build new MFA capabilities into their organization’s culture and processes.”
– CJ Moses, CISO for AWS security
Increasingly inclusive workforce will address talent gap
“The need to address the continuing security talent workforce shortage will be a top priority for many organizations. In 2023, organizations will increasingly realize that attracting the best talent from diverse backgrounds will not only help fill critical open positions, it will help organizations improve their overall security posture.
“People build, create, think and deliver in different ways, and this is a major benefit when it comes to solving evolving security needs. With a more diverse mindset, different points of view come into play that enable security teams to have new and unique outlooks on both the digital and physical landscapes they must keep secure.
“New ways of thinking can be transformative to cybersecurity teams because it reduces years of bias and groupthink and helps lift limitations on beliefs. Diverse backgrounds and teams also help identify how to support key business initiatives and goals. Security is no longer the ‘department of no,’ it is the ‘department of “how can I help?”‘ — and with a diverse team structure, this type of organizational mindset is enabled.”
– Jenny Brinkley, director of Amazon security
Collaboration will improve preparedness and incident response
“The security industry and the digital environment it supports is benefiting from collaborations seen in 2022, and this trend will continue. The ‘better together’ model will gather momentum in 2023 and beyond.
“For example, as the recently established Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework gains new members, collective defenses will be improved, enabling security …….