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The Future of Privacy and Cybersecurity, Forecast to 2030

  • Report

  • 67 Pages
  • March 2020
  • Region: Global
  • Frost & Sullivan
  • ID: 5008403

Exploring New Frontiers and Challenges for Network Security in a Connected Era

This study explores the rapidly-evolving landscape of privacy and cybersecurity triggered by a rise in the number of connected devices. By 2030, a complex mesh of 91 billion devices around the world will exist, with over 10 connected devices per human. Every connected device in a smart home or city will be a potential access point to our most sensitive and personal data. This constantly-evolving IoT landscape will expand beyond the traditional network in use today and will result in increasingly complex privacy and cybersecurity challenges. Readers of the study will gain insight into these challenges in terms of understanding various new endpoints of privacy and cybersecurity, new types of threats looming in the industry, and efforts being made to fight them.

The current global regulatory landscape around privacy and the increasing relevance of digital trust and enterprises’ ability to safeguard it is also discussed. The study also focuses on evolving global threats such as nuclear hacks, dark web evolution and a state of cyber warfare. Investments and commitments to mitigate this and efforts made to close the gap in the cyber workforce are also outlined in the study.

The publisher looks at numerous technology topics such as artificial intelligence (AI), data de-identification, advanced authentication and encryption, biometrics, blockchain, automation and quantum computing and its ability to transform privacy and cybersecurity. For each technology, its significance, impact on privacy and cybersecurity, as well as application potential are discussed. Over 20 innovation examples and emerging business models are provided throughout the study to serve as guideposts for readers.

The study also discusses key scenarios in the future based on public interest and level of regulation to allow readers to derive an understanding of the intensity and implications of privacy and cyber threats on our daily lives. While the distinct scenarios are influenced by different positions taken by governments and individuals around the world, the future of privacy and cybersecurity will most likely be a combination of these scenarios.

Our analysis of five key industries influenced by the changing landscape of privacy and cybersecurity includes automotive, energy, healthcare, smart cities, banking, and financial services. When evaluating industries, the publisher looks at cybersecurity opportunities, challenges to implementation, key trends in the value chain, and emerging business models. Innovative companies at the forefront of cybersecurity pertaining to each industry are identified in order to provide strategic direction to readers.

Governments, enterprises, and individuals can benefit from the strategic recommendations made in the study meant to provide guidance to mitigate future privacy and cybersecurity challenges through innovative partnerships, regulatory changes, workforce up-gradation, technology leverage, and new business models. Finally, the publisher identifies three big outcomes and predictions for the future emerging from the evolution of privacy and cybersecurity.


Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary
  • Key Findings
  • Introduction to Study


2. Strategic Context - Rise of IoT and Connected Devices
  • Introduction - IoT Ubiquity and the Connected World: 2030
  • Introduction - Expanding Network Security Landscape
  • Introduction - Threats to the Future Connected Ecosystem


3. Future of Privacy Overview - Global Regulatory Landscape and the State of Digital Trust
  • Global Regulatory Landscape - A ‘Universal Vision’ for Privacy
  • The ‘Digital Trust’ Crisis - Declining Customer Trust in Enterprises
  • The ‘Digital Trust’ Crisis - Facebook’s Breach of User Privacy
  • The ‘Digital Trust’ Crisis - Rise of Distributed Trust


4. Technological Advancements Influencing Future of Privacy
  • Technologies to Mitigate Privacy Risks
  • Data De-identification and Re-identification - Opportunity or Threat?
  • AI and the Rise to Digital ‘Un’freedom
  • Case Study - Mass AI Surveillance: Curious Case of China
  • Biometrics for Privacy Vs. Biometrics for Convenience


5. Future Implications, Scenarios, Opportunities, and Strategic Recommendations
  • Privacy & Disinformation Risks and Future Implications
  • Four Distinct Future Privacy Scenarios
  • Scenario 1 - Privacy as a Right
  • Scenario 2 - Privacy as a Luxury
  • Scenario 3 - Privacy as a Utility
  • Scenario 4 - Privacy as a Commodity
  • Opportunity Analysis by Industry
  • “Macro-to-micro” - Strategic Recommendations


6. Future of Cybersecurity Overview - Spending, Global Threat Landscape, and the Future Cyber Workforce
  • Cybersecurity Overview - Global Cybersecurity Spending
  • Cybersecurity Overview - The Biggest Cyber Breaches of All Time
  • Global Commitment to Cybersecurity
  • Global Cyber Threat Landscape - State of Cyber Warfare
  • Global Cyber Threat Landscape - The Nuclear Security Dimension
  • Global Cyber Threat Landscape - Evolution of Dark Web
  • The Future Cyber ‘Human’ Workforce


7. Technological Advancements Influencing Future of Cybersecurity
  • Technologies to Mitigate Cyber Risks
  • The AI Cybersecurity Paradox - Cybersecurity vs. Cybercrime
  • AI - Potential Threat to the Cybercriminal World
  • AI - Potential Uses Enabling Effective Cybersecurity
  • Automation and the Future of Cybersecurity - Use Cases
  • Blockchain Enabling End-to-end Privacy and Encryption
  • Continuous Authentication - Passwords will (Finally) Go Away


8. Future Cryptographic Solutions - Fighting Quantum with Quantum
  • Comparison of Quantum-proof Cryptographic Approaches
  • Personal Cyber Insurance as an Emerging Business Model


9. Future of Cybersecurity - Industry Use Cases
  • Cybersecurity - Automotive
  • Cybersecurity - Energy
  • Cybersecurity - Healthcare
  • Cybersecurity - Banking and Financial Services
  • Smart Cities - Cybersecurity as a Public Good
  • Future Implications, Opportunities, and Strategic Recommendations
  • Cybersecurity Risks and Future Implications
  • Opportunity Analysis by Industry
  • “Macro-to-micro” - Strategic Recommendations
  • The Last Word - 3 Big Predictions
  • Legal Disclaimer


10. Appendix
  • List of Exhibits

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • Facebook