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RESEARCH, ANALYSIS & TRENDS

labor demand in this area. In 2020, 1.5 million with malicious intentions. In the contrast to
professionals could be missing worldwide, and until conventional pen testing, ‘red teaming’ tries to
2021, these numbers could even double according to understand how these factors play together and don’t
estimates. This makes inevitably not only cybersecurity look at them separated from each other. Agile safety
more expensive but has an impact on supply chains as tests are getting more attention as well, which aim to
well that connect big and the smaller companies eliminate as many vulnerabilities as possible when
together economically. developing new software.

TREND 6: "Red Team" tests and agile security win TREND 7: Cybersecurity decides over winners and
general acceptance losers of the digital economy

The terms "Red Team" test and "holistic test" have their The modern world evolves fast to a digital, knowledge-
origin in the area of penetration testing: "Red Team" based "Industry 4.0" economy. This change has a
simulates how on attacker penetrates a business under similar effect on us like the industrial revolution in the
real conditions by exploiting existing weak points to get 19th century and must face the basic challenge as well
access to resources. While vulnerabilities can be to guarantee security, namely providing necessary
exploited on devices, applications and infrastructures, resources and respecting global standards. ◊
"Red Teams" even simulate subjects like social
engineering, hijacking from social media, the physical By Daniela La Marca
access to a building or – in extreme cases – employees

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