– Accelerating digital transformation and technology convergence will increase new types of security threats 

– Security capabilities such as converged security monitoring and explainable AI will be required to actively respond and reinforce resilience  

[December 3, 2020] IGLOO SECURITY, INC. (CEO Lee Deuk-choon, www.igloosec.com/en) released the '2021 Security Threats & Technology prospect Report' containing major predictions on security threats in 2021. Based on the predictions of the IGLOO SECURITY’s security analysis team research, this year's ninth report presents major cybersecurity threats that will occur in 2021, along with security technologies and methodologies to cope with them. For more detailed report information, please visit the IGLOO SECURITY website. 

The IGLOO SECURITY’s security analysis team predicted that as the digital transformation and technology convergence accelerated with COVID 19, a new type of security threat that has not been experienced until now will rapidly spread. With the creation of a remote work environment, attacks targeting remote work platforms will increase, and security threats in OT (operational technology) environments that have broad connectivity are expected to increase. 

In addition, cases of damage caused by security threats using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies such as deep fakes are expected to increase, and cyber attacks to generate financial profits such as ransomware DDoS are expected to continue unchanged. The importance of security technology and methodology is expected to be further emphasized in order to respond to these security threats immediately and quickly increase the resilience of business functions when an incident occurs. 

The IGLOO SECURITY’s security analysis team predicted that there would be a need to secure stability across IT (information technology) and OT (operation technology) environments and advanced threat detection capabilities such as “explainable AI”. In addition, it is predicted that the importance of introducing SOAR (security orchestration/automation and response) technology that can increase security monitoring efficiency and data utilization security measures consistent with the global data activation movement will be highlighted. Ms. Kim, the team leader of security analysis team at IGLOO SECURITY, said, “To keep pace with the global digital transformation movement, the importance of cyber security, which is the basis for it, will increase even more. This is because it is necessary to be able to safely perform business anytime, anywhere by utilizing the infrastructure distributed in various places. 

Through the application of various security technology methodologies such as converged security monitoring and explainable AI, a security-embedded environment is built, and a faster and more proactive response to security threats that can have a significant impact on personal life, public safety, and corporate productivity must be responded.”