Cybersecurity

1. 1. A much-needed paradigm shift

   → Legacy approaches to cybersecurity are based on periodic security checks of a limited number of data locations. But as data explodes, so too do the places where it’s stored.

   → Startups are now stepping in to make inventories of company data and assess what high-risk information should be prioritised.

2. 2. Racing against the clock

   → With cyber threats mounting, and a wider adoption of IoT devices, there is a growing need to identify security breaches immediately.

   → While startups are using artificial intelligence to detect threats instantly, they’re at a nascent stage when it comes to responding to them with the same speed.

3. 3. From complacency to “zero trust”

   → Zero-trust models may be the solution to cybersecurity in the age of hybrid working, as employees move in and out of their workplace’s network boundaries.

   → Rather than letting once-verified people roam freely within a network, this approach focuses on ongoing security checks, which could benefit startups focused on authentication and identification.

4. 4. Halting hacker shopping sprees

   → Click, buy, like, expose: as ecommerce grows in popularity, product and platform security will be vital to safeguard digital storefronts and other engagement tools.

   → An explicit focus on protecting consumers may help turn cybersecurity from a burden into a real USP for ecommerce sites.

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