Analyst firm Gartner has identified what it thinks are the seven emerging security and risk management trends for this year, that are set to have an impact on security, privacy and risk areas.
The analyst firm said it defines these top trends as ongoing strategic shifts in security that are not yet widely recognised, but could have a broad impact on the industry, causing significant disruption.
First up in the list of the trends that were highlighted by Gartner research vice president Peter Firstbrook has to do with risk appetite statements becoming linked to business outcomes.
One area that is gaining importance is the ability for security and risk management leaders to effectively present security matters to key business decision makers.
Firstbrook suggested creating simple, practical and pragmatic risk appetite statements linked to business goals, and staying relevant to business decisions.
The next trend was focused on security operation centers (SOCs) being implemented with a focus on threat detection and response. According to Gartner, by 2022, about 50% of SOCs will be transformed with integrated incident response, threat intelligence and threat-hunting capabilities.
