Predictions Report

Predictions 2019: Cybersecurity

The US-China Trade War Will Revive Corporate Espionage Attacks Around The World

November 5th, 2018
Amy DeMartine, VP, Research Director
Amy DeMartine VP, Research Director
Jeff Pollard, VP, Principal Analyst
Jeff Pollard VP, Principal Analyst
Heidi Shey, Principal Analyst
Heidi Shey Principal Analyst
Merritt Maxim, VP, Research Director
Merritt Maxim VP, Research Director
Claire O'Malley, null
Claire O'Malley
Salvatore Schiano, null
Salvatore Schiano
Renee Murphy, null
Renee Murphy
With contributors:
Stephanie Balaouras , Paul McKay , Jinan Budge , Kate Pesa , Peggy Dostie

Summary

The race to improve customer engagement compels companies to collect volumes of personal data, and this puts enormous pressure on security teams to protect customers from fraud, privacy abuses, and other breaches of trust. Unfortunately, the combination of data hoarding, consolidated data stores, and interconnectedness makes it easy for attackers to steal valuable data. In the next 12 months, attackers will target specific industries and use automation to enhance their effectiveness. This report guides security and risk (S&R) pros through five predictions for 2019.

Want to read the full report?

Contact us to become a client

This report is available for individual purchase ($795).

Forrester helps business and technology leaders use customer obsession to accelerate growth. That means empowering you to put the customer at the center of everything you do: your leadership strategy, and operations. Becoming a customer-obsessed organization requires change — it requires being bold. We give business and technology leaders the confidence to put bold into action, shaping and guiding how to navigate today's unprecedented change in order to succeed.