In 2024, several cyberattacks impacted major companies. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) suffered a phishing attack that exposed personal data after compromising email accounts. In another case, Roblox faced a security breach during a developer conference when FNTech, its registration provider, leaked attendees’ personal information. Cybersecurity remains key to protecting user data and ensuring trust in companies.
It’s clear that cyberattacks won’t stop and are advancing at the same pace as technology. According to Cybersecurity Ventures, if cybercrime were a country, it would be the third largest economy in the world, after the United States and China.
Furthermore, the firm projects that by 2025, costs related to cyber threats will grow by 15%, reaching USD $10.5 trillion globally. This underscores the importance of strengthening cybersecurity in companies to prevent data breaches and mitigate economic and reputational risks.
Cybersecurity trends in companies
AI applied to corporate cybersecurity
Artificial intelligence also shows its dark side: ChatGPT, launched in 2022, now has an “evil clone” called WormGPT. This system was created to exploit vulnerabilities, manipulate users, and generate fraudulent emails, malware, and scam campaigns with high precision.
For businesses, real-time data monitoring and threat detection, backed by behavioral intelligence, are crucial. This enables the identification of suspicious access, privilege escalation, unauthorized changes, or user creation, with optimized reports that minimize false positives.
Zero Trust Approach to Protect Networks
Companies face daily challenges such as phishing, credential theft, unauthorized access, insider threats, and the use of artificial intelligence for malicious purposes.
Looking ahead to 2025, adopting a Zero Trust approach is positioned as a key trend for secure cloud migration. This approach requires all users, devices, and applications to pre-verify their identities and permissions before accessing the organization’s systems and data.
For example, a company that implements Zero Trust Network Access can restrict its remote employees’ access only to specific cloud-hosted applications, avoiding the exposure of the entire corporate network, as happens with traditional VPNs.
Furthermore, this approach monitors which device is used for access, which applications are accessed, and how data is managed, ensuring greater protection even in environments with less secure applications.
Security of confidential data
Cryptographic key management is fundamental to ensuring the confidentiality and protection of information in digital systems. Keys must be stored in secure locations, such as secure hardware management systems ( HSMs ) or software vaults, to prevent unauthorized access. In the event of a key compromise, proper management allows for minimizing damage through immediate revocation. Without proper management of cryptographic materials, critical data is vulnerable to cyber threats, theft, and regulatory penalties. Correct administration protects sensitive information, even against attacks on suppliers, guaranteeing security and regulatory compliance.
Information protection with Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
This system offers companies a comprehensive solution for protecting their confidential information, ensuring that it cannot be extracted from the organization without authorization. It allows for the tagging of sensitive data, such as credit card information or intellectual property, blocking its release through screenshots, documents, databases, or images, and guaranteeing complete control over critical data.
CASB
This protection is taken to the next level to address information breaches in one of the main attack vectors: the cloud. A solution like CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) acts as a security gateway, identifying high-risk applications and protecting data stored in the cloud by preventing unauthorized access, using international standards such as GDPR, LGPD, HIPAA, and PCI, among others.
New Generation Secure Web Gateway
The New Generation Secure Web Gateway (NGSWG) filters web traffic to block threats, providing protection against malware, malicious sites, and potential data leaks. Both components comply with international standards such as GDPR, LGPD, HIPAA, PCI, among others, guaranteeing a safe and reliable environment for managing information in the cloud.
Cybersecurity in businesses must be able to accurately anticipate and respond quickly to potentially devastating attacks. In a constantly evolving world, data is the most valuable resource we must protect.