Today's Main Cybersecurity Trends: Growth Driven by AI, 5G and the Growing Ubiquity of the Cloud and IoT

In the space of a few years, cybersecurity has become a key part of companies' strategies. As every part of their business is going digital, they have become increasingly vulnerable cyberattacks that can result in financial losses and a damaged reputation.

This report delivers a concise snapshot of today's cybersecurity market , illustrating four of the key trends to watch in 2020 :

• 5G
• The cloud
• Artificial intelligence
• The Internet of Things.

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary

2. Market description

• 2.1. A highly fragmented market
• 2.2. The most commonly targeted sectors
• 2.3. Economic players' most common weaknesses and threats
• 2.4. Cybersecurity services value chain

3. Market trends and dynamics

• 3.1. Increased attack surface for enterprises
• 3.2. Cloudification of business infrastructures and consequences for systems' security
• 3.3. Artificial intelligence: a double-edged sword
• 3.4. 5G increases businesses' vulnerability to cyber threats
• 3.5. 4 IoT: a greater attack surface and potentially dire

List of tables and figures

2. Market snapshot

• Progression of the number of vulnerabilities detected, 1988-2018
• Most targeted sectors in in 2019
• Reasons behind cyberattacks on the five most commonly targeted sectors
• Cybersecurity value chain

3. Market trends and dynamics

• Enterprises' attack surface
• The most popular cloud services providers in 2019
• Most widely used cloud applications in 2019
• Main risks of using the cloud identified by enterprises
• Percentage of enterprises that rely on AI for their cybersecurity in 2019 (by industry)
• The array of potential 5G threats
• IoT market by sector, 2018 - 2025
• Main barrier to the adoption of IoT solutions is the lack of security
• Weak security on IoT systems hampering the sector's growth

Geographic area

• World

Players

• Accenture
• AWS
• Capgemini
• Check Point
• Cisco
• IBM
• Kaspersky
• McAfee
• Microsoft Azure
• Orange Cyberdefense
• Symantec
• Trunomi