Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Ransomware will change and stay the same

Mike Campfield, VP, GM International and Global Security Programs at ExtraHop

In 2021, we see new strains of ransomware as attackers continue to profit. We will also find new gangs entering the picture and continued development of attack tactics. Following the trend of recent years, Ransomware will set its sights on ever higher value targets in healthcare, institutions of education and financial services. The more things change, the more they stay the same - the essential threat of ransomware is no different. Enterprises will develop workarounds to resist paying the ransom, ransomware continues to be the greatest threat to enterprises. We expect 2021 to produce new victories in the long ransom war.  

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Michael Wood, CMO, Versa Networks writes on the technology trends expected in 2021:

 

The Future is Bright

 

Michael Wood

2020 has been a monumental year in shifting the way businesses operate. With a complete change in day-to-day business operations, businesses who did not previously embrace cloud, mobility, and new digital technologies were forced to quickly adopt new strategies to survive. Concurrently, business agility has become almost synonymous with digital transformation—that is, the process of employing new technologies to modernise or even revolutionise how a company does business—because new methods of working and network infrastructure prove just as, if not more, efficient than traditional methods.  In 2021 businesses will increase investment in digital initiatives to drive business agility, improve productivity, and increase revenue.  These are five important trends that you should make sure you are ahead of for 2021.

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