Cyber Defense eMagazine January Edition for 2022

3. Focus on zero trust architecture
In May 2021, President Biden signed an executive order to improve the nation’s cybersecurity, with
arguably the most important order of business being an emphasis on zero trust architecture within
government.
We have seen attacks on critical national infrastructure and supply chains. We have learnt that it doesn’t
matter what you do and what industry, geography or sector you operate in, security is everyone’s
problem.
The US government calling out widespread security failings is a good thing and will force many
companies to change their ways and move much more quickly. Businesses will realise that they must
seek an alternative. We hope that this emphasis by government on implementing a zero trust architecture
means that organizations recognise this to be the blueprint and the approach they should follow.
4. The move to the cloud will finally happen
While other industries moved operations to the cloud years ago, there has been some reluctance to shift
away from on-premises operations for security professionals. With the increase in sophisticated threats,
as staff continue to work remotely, organizations can no longer depend on legacy systems for protection,
but instead shift to cloud-native solutions.
Ultimately, what will drive business to move to the cloud is the need to do security better.
We are also seeing the pendulum beginning to swing in the favour of the user experience. The emphasis
is on how you can carry out your job without negatively impacting workflow processes and device choice
for the end user. Users must be able to work as they expect to, and at speed, but with security a priority.
That points to the cloud because you need the scalability, you need a global view, device coverage, and
you need to be in between the end user and the cloud services they are accessing and using.
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