Throughout 2021, in every part of the world, cyber security threats increased, challenges grew, and in the face of uncertainty, organisations did their best to mitigate against attacks that were new and destructive. But what these adversities provided, was a glimpse into the development of threats of the future and how, from our experiences throughout this last year, we can learn from the approaches seen, to better safeguard the people, processes, and data of 2022.

As a global MSSP, SecurityHQ had full visibility of threats as they evolved during 2021, and of the large campaigns and threat groups as they developed. This paper will discuss some of the evolving threats, the prevalent actors, the industries targeted, and what that means for threats of 2022, as well as to provide some of the solutions, recommendations, and actions to combat and mitigate against these threats.