IBM Security Roadmap
Unified threat management, quantum-safe cryptography, and semiconductor innovations secure multi-cloud, decentralized environments.
Security
Roadmap
Strategic milestones
All information being released represents IBM’s current intent, is subject to change or withdrawal, and represents only goals and objectives.
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2029
Use security to bring trust to a decentralized digital world.
By 2029, we will bring security and management of trust across decentralized computing/digital environments with self-sovereign identity and digital assets. This will bring protection and trust to IT deployments and sovereign clouds.
Why this matters for our clients and the world
The innovations we will deliver in 2029 will enable organizations to solve the security challenges posed by the expanded attack surface of decentralized IT deployments like sovereign clouds and virtual worlds.
The technologies and innovations that will make this possible
IBM-driven open standards and privacy-preserving techniques will secure decentralized environments like sovereign clouds, digital assets, and decentralized identity. With a risk-driven approach, IBM’s early breach notification driven by generative AI will help address threats proactively and prevent breaches. A mature risk operation center will improve monitoring.
How these advancements will be delivered to IBM clients and partners
Sovereign hybrid cloud and other distributed deployments will have decentralized identity and compliance, ensuring and managing trust everywhere.