Cybersecurity Landscape 2023: Upcoming Trends And Risks

THE YEAR 2022 will be remembered as a year when battle lines were drawn, then redrawn, along a threat landscape stuck in a state of in-between. No longer are enterprises scrambling to find their footing amid the disruption caused by Covid-19. But for all this talk of the "new normal," the world is yet to arrive on the other side of the pandemic.

- Vijendra Katiyar

If 2022, in the cybersecurity industry, can be summed up in one word it would be 'cyberattacks. There have been severe attacks on India's critical infrastructure, ranging from the energy sector to attacks on BFSI. Most recent attacks like the AIIMS, and Tata Power ransomware attacks teach us but one thing: cybercriminals will be spending 2023 continuously fine-tuning their methods in a more professional operation. Only a better-armed security team and legislator clamping down on crime will finally push beleaguered ransomware actors into regrouping and refining their playbooks.

As for the weakest link in any security chain, it's the people. The rising complexity of social engineering scams, with their proven track record of exploiting people, will continue into 2023 as fraudsters incorporate novel technologies like deepfakes in their schemes to stack the odds in their favour.