In part one of our 2022 cybersecurity predictions series, Devo CSO Gunter Ollmann explained the rise of XDR, the detection-as-code and response-as-code movement, and the growing interest in security tools with built-in, on-demand expertise. In this second installment of our series, I share my take on how the cybersecurity landscape will evolve. Let’s dive into it.

There’s only one thing that’s certain in cybersecurity: The cyberthreat landscape is constantly changing, and the tools and solutions we have at our disposal to combat cybercrime must continue evolving if we are to stay ahead of — or at least keep up with — them. As 2021 winds down, the Devo security team is already looking ahead to the most pressing cybersecurity trends likely to appear in 2022. Here are my top three predictions for the new year.

The third annual Devo SOC Performance ReportTM shows that working in a security operations center continues to be painful. Based on an independent survey of more than 1,000 global cybersecurity professionals commissioned by Devo and conducted in September 2021, the report examines current SOC trends and challenges.

A critical vulnerability in the popular log4j library is currently being actively targeted on a broad global scale and possibly exploited based on advisories from multiple CERTs and vendors: CISA, Apache, etc. This Java library is integrated into many IT and DevOps tooling and workflows. On Dec 10, 2021, Apache released version 2.15.0, fixing CVE-2021-44228 (dubbed Log4Shell) an RCE with a maximum CVSSv3 score of 10.