Although the global economy faces troubled times, we can expect no pause in cyber threats and attacks, so CISOs must direct investment towards technologies to protect customer-facing and revenue-generating workloads, and should consider increasing or defending their investment in critical applications and cloud security, zero-trust technology and operations during 2023, according to analyst house Forrester’s Planning guide 2023: security and risk.
The Security and risk guide is part of a wider series of 2023 investment forecasts produced by Forrester, which collectively suggest IT buyers and business leaders who plan for “business as usual” modest spending increases in 2023 will find themselves falling short, and in a turbulent global economy, advises that a more disciplined and precise approach will be needed to planning in order to “trim waste, experiment, and make bold, smart investments”.
