Gartner Predicts 2021: Cybersecurity Program Management and IT

Gartner has produced impactful predictions about cybersecurity program management. This year’s predictions focus on governance, organizational structure, evolution of the role, talent and board reporting. Security and risk management leaders should monitor trends to be successful in the digital era.

Key Findings

• Cyber risk is identified as a top source of risk for board members, increasing scrutiny of security and risk management (SRM) leaders as the push for “value generation” activities continues.
• Nearly half of chief information security officers (CISOs) believe they exceed expectations and outperform peers in functional leadership, but there is a steep fall off when involving executives and board members.
• The siloed nature of today’s security disciplines is quickly becoming a liability as cyber-physical systems (CPS) continue to multiply due to IT/OT convergence and the emergence of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions that connect the digital and physical worlds.
• As organizations shifted to remote working operating models in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it proved that some, if not all, security capabilities could also be delivered remotely.