7 Security Vendor Predictions for 2021

Out-of-control ransomware. Imperiled factories and electrical utilities. Rampant business email compromise scams. And damages on a path to reach $10.5 trillion annually worldwide by 2025. There will be plenty of reasons next year, if more were even needed at this point, for authorities at the state, local, and federal levels to get serious about data privacy laws, according to Jay Ryerse, vice president of cybersecurity initiatives at ConnectWise.

“In the U.S., California, Nevada, and Maine led the way but now 23 states have adopted similar regulations,” he says. “We may also start to see legislation regulating MSPs. In fact, Louisiana has already done that, and other states could follow suit. If that happens, we’ll see a lot of forward-thinking MSPs investing in education and attracting talent to close their cybersecurity skills gap and leverage that legislation as a competitive differentiator in the market.