Tactical Moves
Last year featured mostly tactical movements to keep up with the unexpected and rapid shift to virtual, Thomas said.
“The remainder of 2021 and 2022 will see more operational- and strategic-level moves as a new, more permanent, security framework is established to support the hybrid workforce environment,” he said. “Once herd immunity is achieved and hybrid is officially declared the way we will work for at least the next few years, expect even further security platform consolidation. Expect bigger tech companies, pure-play large cybersecurity firms, SPACs and private equity firms to all be major players in these rollups to better platform strategies.”