What Is In Store For Cybersecurity and Data Security in 2023?

We’re still early into 2023 and the year is already starting to show signs of turbulence for IT and cybersecurity teams. Tom McKay from IT Brew outlined three “elephants in the room” that IT and security pros should keep their eyes out for in 2023, pulling insights from Rubrik’s Head of Zero Labs, Steve Stone. One of those really stood out to us: the increasing cost of cyberattacks.

When asked about the trend, Steve Stone shared that the State of Data Security report from Rubrik Zero Labs found that 98% of respondents reported becoming aware of at least one attack in the year prior. “If you put any other business metric and said this happened to 98% of organizations last year, and of those 98%, 41% had reputational damage, we would be talking about that nonstop,” Stone said.

Luckily, there are solutions that help organizations secure their data from cyber threats and offer greater control of their organizations’ resiliency. Rubrik CEO Bipul Sinha shared with CRN, “we are the only zero trust data security platform and that’s what is driving our demand, because that’s what businesses need. They need to have a platform where you can only interact with the platform with full authentication.”

2023 is shaping up to be a big year in the world of cybersecurity and there are a lot of angles to consider. And that’s why you come to Data Security Digest – so let’s dive in!

The Weight of Cybercrime Is Taking Its Toll

More than 1,600 global cybersecurity and IT leaders – over half of whom are at the CISO and CIO levels – were surveyed in Rubrik Zero Labs’ State of Data Security report which explores the human impact of cyberattacks. The findings unveiled that 96% of respondents reported a significant emotional or psychological toll due to the current cyber threat landscape. Other key stats that stood out:

• 36% of organizations in our study dealt with a leadership change in the last year due to a cyberattack and its follow-on response.
• 5% of organizations were able to return to business continuity or normal operations within one hour of discovering a cyberattack.
• 96% of respondent organizations experienced negative consequences as a result of a cyberattack in the last year.

ICYMI, Steve Stone, Head of Rubrik Zero Labs, sat down on a recent episode of Cyber Security Decoded with former federal CIO for the United States government Suzette Kent to discuss the state of public + private sector collaboration: what’s working, where there is opportunity, the “cyber poverty line,” and more. Check out the full conversation here.

IT and Security leaders still need essential resources to secure their data from rising threats. Learn more about The State of Data Security report here.

The Big Cybersecurity Game: Becoming Unstoppable

Did you catch The Big Game this weekend? Though we didn’t have a chance to ask the two top teams about their data security strategies, rewind a couple of months ago and Rubrik CRO Brian McCarthy sat down with the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks SVP and CITO, Kim Rometo, and the NFL’s Denver Broncos SVP and CIO, Russ Trainor. 

They discussed the future of data security in sports & entertainment and how they are applying an “assume breach” mentality to keep their clubs and venues resilient in the face of cyber threats–a topic that is growing in importance every single day. Check out the game-changing discussion here 👇

Learn how Rubrik customers are becoming unstoppable with the Zero Trust Data Security platform, Rubrik Security Cloud.

Assess Your Organization’s Cyber Recovery Readiness with Rubrik and Microsoft

Organizations have made great advancements and investments in security. But it hasn’t been enough to defend against cyberattacks fully. Rubrik Zero Labs’ State of Data Security report found that, on average, IT and cybersecurity leaders were made aware of attacks 47 times in the last year. With Rubrik and Microsoft, organizations can strengthen their defenses and make it easier to quickly restore the enterprise data and applications that keep operations running.

Join the Zero Trust Summit to

• Prepare for today’s cyber landscape by hearing how Zero Trust is evolving from leading experts
• Assess your cyber resilience with new data security maturity models
• Secure your data and prepare for cyber recovery using innovations from Rubrik and Microsoft

Hear from security luminaries like Microsoft Chief Security Advisor Lisa Lee, Bankwell CIO Ted Balagtas, Creator of Zero Trust John Kindervag, CVP of Security, Compliance, & Identity at Microsoft Ann Johnson, and more, to learn how you can strengthen your security posture. 

Register for Zero Trust Summit here to save your spot.

Rubrik is on a mission to secure the world’s data. With Zero Trust Data Security™, we help organizations achieve business resilience against cyberattacks, malicious insiders, and operational disruptions. Rubrik Security Cloud, powered by machine learning, secures data across enterprise, cloud, and SaaS applications. We help organizations uphold data integrity, deliver data availability that withstands adverse conditions, continuously monitor data risks and threats, and restore businesses with their data when infrastructure is attacked.

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