Security Predictions for 2023 and Beyond

Gartner's analysis on security spending projects that critical market segments, including data security, identity access management, and cloud security, will reach a combined spend of ~$30 billion in 2023, representing ~20% YoY growth. AWS predicts organizations moving to "continuous security and compliance" and emphasizes the importance of managing identities and permissions. Key predictions for 2023 include an increase in Russian-led cyberattacks targeting Western organizations, a rise in China's IP theft in the United States, consolidation in security through M&A, CISOs tackling security in data lakes, identity-first security taking off in enterprises, and the emergence of a lingua franca for authorization.