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2023 Predictions

By Anurag Gurtu, Chief Product Officer at Strike Ready

In 2022, the global average total breach cost surpassed $4.35M, and nearly two-thirds of organizations
experienced more than one breach. As a result, CISOs are adopting various security strategies in 2023
that revolve around a human-centered approach to risk management. This theme will likely intersect with
the trends below.

Role consolidation accelerates burnout.

Economic shifts and the global recession force companies to adapt, resulting in workforce reductions and
restructuring. Moreover, with an ever-increasing threat landscape, cybersecurity teams, including
security operations teams, are overwhelmed with work. Furthermore, resource consolidation leads to
personnel wearing multiple hats, which contributes to accelerated burnout.

Voice assistance, mobile apps, and chat are modern norms

When millennials enter the workforce, they expect consistent forms of interaction that they are used to
with consumer-centric apps. This need has translated into evolving product requirements such as making
enterprise applications available on the mobile platform, supporting interaction with these applications
using voice and text, and embedding capabilities such as virtual assistants. For the existing workforce,
however, traditional access is still a necessity, including GUI and console access.

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