Well-Architected Frameworks for Cloud Service Providers (CSP)

 CSPs now have created thought leadership for architecting cloud-based workloads:

Amazon (AWS): https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/framework/wellarchitected-framework.pdf

Microsoft Azure: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-the-microsoft-azure-wellarchitected-framework/

Google (GCP): https://cloud.google.com/architecture/framework

Oracle (OCI): https://www.oracle.com/cloud/architecture-center.html

Cloud Visibility

With more organizations going to the cloud, with shadow IT, and with GDPR requirements cloud visibility seems to be the latest fad....

Microsoft & Amazon picked up on this several years ago, thus Azure Info Protection (AIP) and AWS Macie but, that does not cover them together or Google / Salesforce / Rackpsace.

So, expect this area to gain traction for several more years...

Hypervisor Replication for Virtualization Security

Vendors like Bracket & BitDefender are rolling out virtualization security solutions meant for hybrid cloud deployment to negate rootkits & chip-based exploits (Spectre, Meltdown).

However, comprehensive coverage / support seems limited & you would think that the big cloud service providers (CSPs: AWS, MSFT Azure, GCP) have hardened their own hypervisors already.

VMware's partnership w/ AWS could pave the way for hardened hypervisors that can lift & shift among on / off prem deployments.

Smart Home / IoT, Threat & Vulnerability Management (TVM) & B2C Delineation for Vendors

As the smart home becomes a reality (https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/20/16799918/homekit-vulnerability-details) so does the need to monitor & patch said smart home.

But, who from a vendor standpoint will own that market / responsibility (ISPs, Utilities, Alarm / Physical Security, AV software vendors, separate vendors: Amazon / Apple / Google / Staples: Geek Squad, B2C MSSPs / SOCs)?

The answer will vary depending on the jurisdiction / age of the house, though this wrestling match is sure to come.

So, wait & see how this shakes out, because change is coming for sure.