The Cybersecurity Trends Of 2022

8 months have passed of the year 2022 and based on the industry analysis, our cybersecurity experts have come up with a list of what’s trending in the industry.? Read this blog to get insights on the cybersecurity trends of 2022.

Each year the playing field becomes different. While in the cybersecurity domain there are new advancements to enhance the security postures, cybercriminals are not far behind. Cyber attacks continue to become more and more sophisticated in nature. The methods to breach security protocols have also become evolved and no organization, big or small is spared.

What is seen in the latest cybersecurity trends, which you will read about in the next sections is that mainly, SMBs or Small and Medium Sized Businesses are becoming targets of data breaches and other cyberattacks. This could be due to two possible reasons. One, SMBs think that cybersecurity is too much of an investment and it is out of their budget to get cybersecurity services. Two, they don’t take the need for cybersecurity seriously and so they only depend on anti-virus software or some IT guy.?

Of course, both of these approaches toward cybersecurity are wrong because even small and medium-sized businesses can easily fit cybersecurity services into their budgets. Cybersecurity companies have packages for every size and budget. Based on your type of business and the risk involved, you can also purchase individual services which are again very cost-effective.?

If you are a business owner yourself or a decision maker and you are related to point two, we’d say this blog is for you. If you are somebody who doesn’t take cybersecurity that seriously, reconsider. Here are the recent trends in cybersecurity based on the increased cyber threats.?

Growing Number of Ransomware Attacks

One of the biggest and most urgent threats to cybersecurity at the moment is ransomware. A malware called ransomware is made to prevent a user or business from accessing files on a computer.

Cyberattackers put businesses in a situation where paying the ransom is the quickest and least expensive way to regain access to their files by encrypting these files and requesting a ransom payment for the decryption key. For added motivation for ransomware victims to pay the ransom, some variants have added extra functionality, like data theft.

Ransomware has increased by almost 13% since last year, according to Verizon, which has been analyzing data security trends since 2008. This increase is greater than that of the previous five years put together, and ransomware was present in nearly 70% of malware breaches last year.

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