Generative AI (GenAI) adoption will collapse the cybersecurity skills gap by 2028, deeming specialised education pointless from 50% of entry-level cybersecurity positions, according to predictions by Gartner, Inc.
Gartner urges cybersecurity teams to focus on internal use cases that support users, coordinate with HR partners, and identify talent for critical cybersecurity roles.
Employee-driven cybersecurity incidents
As part of Gartner’s top eight cybersecurity predictions for 2024, Gartner analysts also project that by 2026, enterprises leveraging GenAI and integrated platforms-based architecture insecurity behavior and culture programs (SBCP) will decrease employee-driven cybersecurity incidents by 40%.
“Organisations that haven’t yet embraced GenAI capabilities should evaluate their current external security awareness partner to understand how it is leveraging GenAI as part of its solution roadmap,” Deepti Gopal, director analyst at Gartner, said.
Battling malinformation
By 2028, enterprises will spend half of marketing and cybersecurity budgets to battle malinformation. Threat actors will increasingly use AI, analytics, behavioral science, social media, Internet of Things to spread malinformation or misinformation. Gartner recommends that CISOs plan and invest in tools and techniques against malinformation.
Redesigning application security
Around 30% of cybersecurity functions will redesign application security to be consumed directly by non-cyber experts and owned by application owners by 2027.
“To bridge the gap, cybersecurity functions must build minimum effective expertise in these teams, using a combination of technology and training to generate only as much competence as is required to make cyber risk-informed decisions autonomously,” said Gopal.
