Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 16 | Page 60

INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Enterprise Security Below are IDC’s 10 predictions for the global security product and services: Prediction 1: By 2021, 50% of online transactions will use biometric authentication that’s enabled by broad user acceptance, ubiquitous technology infrastructure, and low implementation costs Prediction 2: By 2019, more than 75% of IoT device manufacturers will improve their security and privacy capabilities, making them more trustworthy partners for technology buyers Prediction 3: By 2019, 70% of major multinational corporations with roots in the United States and Europe will face significant cyber security attacks aimed at disrupting the distribution of commodities Prediction 4: Over the next two years, 80% of consumers in developed nations will defect from a business because their personally identifiable information is impacted in a security breach Prediction 5: By 2018, 70% of enterprise cyber security environments will use cognitive/AI technologies to assist humans 60 INTELLIGENTCIO in dealing with the vastly increasing scale and complexity of cyber threats Prediction 6: By 2017, 50% of enterprise customers will leverage analytics as a service to help solve the challenge of combing through security-related data and events. Prediction 7: By 2020, cloud security gateway functionality will begin to be integrated as part of web service offerings to entice IT leaders to move offerings to the cloud Prediction 8: By 2020, 30% of U.S. broadband homes will have at least one IP-Enabled home automation or security monitoring sensor/device Prediction 9: By 2020, over 80% of enterprises worldwide will invest in incident response retainers Prediction 10: By 2020, more than 25% of enterprises will secure their IT architectures through cloud, hosted, or SaaS security services www.intelligentcio.com