Vectra reveals industry predictions for 2022

Vectra reveals industry predictions for 2022

Vectra AI today released its industry predictions for 2022, highlighting the changing tactics among ransomware gangs, and the fact that multifactor authentication is no longer enough to thwart threat actors.

Willem Hendrickx, SVP International, Vectra AI

“We have entered an era in which our IT stacks are split across so many environments that internal teams struggle to visualize areas of risk,” said Willem Hendrickx, SVP International, Vectra AI. “In 2022, organizations need to recognize that their change in circumstances demands a rethink of their attack posture. And so Vectra has released some key trends that we believe should focus the mindsets of the region’s security stakeholders.”

RansomOps will target more cloud customers

When Dr Mohamed al Kuwaiti, Head of Cybersecurity for the UAE government, reported a 250% increase in cyberattacks in the country in 2020, he cited ransomware as one of the most common attacks. Vectra believes ransomware, which is now increasingly thought of as RansomOps, will now pivot its attention to the exfiltration and encryption of cloud data.

“While past campaigns have concentrated on third-party storage and processing providers, 2022 RansomOps raids will lean towards