The report highlights the top data security trends for 2022, based on insights from 300 North American IT leaders across regulated and nonregulated industries. The main challenges for IT leaders include securing distributed teams, compliance-driven secure remote work, insider breaches, and cyberattacks exposing a security gap in data recovery. The report also identifies three must-have tools for data security, including employee vigilance, multifactor authentication, and identity access management. The key findings suggest that IT leaders are increasingly relying on employees as the first line of defense against attacks, with multifactor authentication and identity access management being close seconds. However, there is a significant gap in IT leaders' security approach, as only 33% report using data loss prevention tools. The report concludes with a look ahead at the top data security tactics for 2022.
