Get Ready to Manage Your Sensitive Content Exposure Risks in 2024

Managing the Exposure of Sensitive Content in 2024: Navigating Cybercrime and Compliance Risks

Kiteworks’ 2024 Forecast Report predicts 12 different trends that organizations need to watch in 2024 related to sensitive content communications privacy and compliance risks. At the top of the list are emerging generative AI technologies that create new data privacy and compliance challenges. Organizations will need robust governance, security controls, and responsible practices to mitigate risks. Meanwhile, regulations continue expanding globally, with steep fines for violations.

Key 2024 forecasts include significant growth in generative AI risks, new AI regulations taking effect, rising importance of data sovereignty due to localization laws, increased privacy violation penalties, and expanding digital rights management (DRM) adoption. Integrating advanced security tools into communication platforms and centralizing solutions into Private Content Networks (PCNs) will also gain momentum. Larger data training files and secure transfer of sizable sensitive content are other notable 2024 forecasts. 

Kiteworks emphasizes that legacy communication systems are proving inadequate given escalating cyber threats and regulations. By consolidating platforms into zero-trust PCN architectures with content-defined access controls, integrated DRM and data loss prevention, and other robust security measures, organizations can effectively govern sensitive data flows and maintain compliance. Re-evaluating and upgrading file sharing, email, managed file transfer, and other communication technologies are warranted to mitigate private content exposure in 2024.