{"id":54215,"date":"2023-10-18T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/3708755\/gartners-2024-predictions-lots-of-ai-changing-cybersecurity-roles-electricity-rationing-and-more.html#tk.rss_security"},"modified":"2023-10-18T13:52:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T13:52:00","slug":"gartners-2024-predictions-lots-of-ai-changing-cybersecurity-roles-electricity-rationing-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/gartners-2024-predictions-lots-of-ai-changing-cybersecurity-roles-electricity-rationing-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Gartner\u2019s 2024 predictions: Lots of AI, changing cybersecurity roles, electricity rationing, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AI will play a significant role in enterprise IT in the coming year, and the influence of generative AI<\/a> will permeate other tech trends on the horizon. Smart robots, a rise in employee unionization, and growing power-availability concerns are among the top predictions for 2024 and beyond from research firm Gartner, which is hosting its annual IT Symposium\/Xpo this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first full year with generative AI (GenAI) at the heart of every strategic decision, and every other technology-driven innovation has been pushed out of the spotlight,\u201d said Leigh McMullen, distinguished vice president analyst at Gartner. \u201cGenAI<\/a> has broken the mold and has kept building more excitement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, nearly all of Gartner\u2019s top strategic predictions revolve around AI and its impact<\/a>. Here are the firm’s top predictions for IT organizations and users in 2024 and beyond:<\/p>\n

By 2027, GenAI tools will be used to explain legacy business applications and create appropriate replacements, reducing modernization costs by 70%.<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe maturity of large language models (LLMs) offers an opportunity for CIOs to find credible and long-awaited mechanism for modernizing legacy business applications in a cost-effective manner,\u201d according to Daryl Plummer, distinguished vice president analyst at Gartner.<\/p>\n

By 2028, enterprise spend on battling malinformation will surpass $30 billion, cannibalizing 10% of marketing and cybersecurity budgets to combat a multifront threat.<\/h3>\n

The most effective malinformation influences humans\u2019 and machines\u2019 decision-making mechanisms and can be extremely hard to detect and shut down, Gartner stated. Malinformation presents threats across three disparate functional areas: cybersecurity, marketing and AI. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe rapid rise of GenAI has put fire under the feet of regulators about including malinformation as one of the risks associated with the increasing power and availability of GenAI to bad actors,\u201d said Plummer. \u201cEnterprises who maintain a close watch on bad actors, regulators and providers of tools and technology that help combat malinformation are likely to gain significant advantage over competitors.\u201d <\/p>\n