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Increase in spending on internal security
3. More Internal Security Spend
At the end of 2020’s second quarter, Gartner was already predicting a 33.3 percent increase in spending on cloud security this year over 2019. While other technology spending will still increase over the previous year, it will do so to a lesser degree than was previously predicted. The increased demand for cloud technology in general will also translate into the security technology industry.
It only makes sense that internal security spending will be included in the cloud security spend forecast. With more employees working from home – with less supervision now and potentially into the future and with conditions ripe for more cases of employee fraud and data breaches – the need is growing to protect systems from insider threats. Many of the conditions that caused an increase in fraud during the 2008 recession are prevalent today. Employee layoffs, financial insecurity, less direct supervision and furloughed IT and security teams can make fraud much more likely.
Historically, external security has been a higher priority for companies because of the lack of knowledge when it comes to the devastating impact of internal threats. That is finally changing, and businesses should be preparing for even more investments in tools to prevent insider incidents in 2021.