{"id":4419,"date":"2020-12-10T15:41:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T19:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/?p=4419"},"modified":"2021-05-14T12:07:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T16:07:07","slug":"2021-predictions-the-year-of-malicious-automation-by-brad-laporte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/2021-predictions-the-year-of-malicious-automation-by-brad-laporte\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Predictions: The Year of Malicious Automation by Brad LaPorte"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We present this article on malicious automation written by Brad LaPorte, Chief Evangelist of Kasada<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

We’re pleased to announce that the First Annual Cybersecurity<\/a><\/strong><\/span> Insight Jam proved a wild success. We want to thank both our audience and all of our participants for their involvement and engagement.<\/p>\n

Dozens of vendors, cybersecurity experts, and researchers shared their predictions with us in the lead-up to the virtual event. However, we couldn’t publish all of them simply because we ran out of time slots. So we’d like to take some time in the coming days to publish what we couldn’t previously.<\/p>\n

To get us started on this effort, we present this article on malicious automation written by Brad LaPorte, Chief Evangelist of Kasada<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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2021 Predictions: The Year of Malicious Automation <\/strong><\/h2>\n

By Brad LaPorte<\/p>\n

2021 Will Be The Year of Malicious Automation\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

25 percent of the internet now comprises bad bots, malicious automated tools, and evil AI. Next year it will double, making half of the internet be saturated with malicious traffic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The global economy is in full swing and e-commerce is now a necessity versus a commodity. The rapid adoption of digital commerce, backed by fully scalable cloud computing, has set the foundation. 5G, IoT, and edge computing will act as a catapult. Cyber-criminals have always been early adopters of the latest and greatest technologies – and using automation will amplify and multiply their efforts at mass scale.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Over 90 percent of cyber-attacks will involve some form of malicious automation by the end of the year. What will immediately follow is a period of rapid investment and adoption, primarily in using automation for cybersecurity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some examples of how malicious automation will be used include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n