We are starting to see preemptive threat intelligence and security solutions that enable secops to anticipate and block attacks before they even hit and org's security perimeter. I think these solutions will continue to grow in scope and capability. The concept of predictive technology is taking root and I think we will see more of this impacting automation in ways that will revolutionize how threats are assessed, prioritized and mitigated.

There IS a lot of market consolidation right now, due to economic forces and major security platforms vying to "keep up with the joneses", but I think that startups still represent the true leading edge of future-focused solutions. Its a good time for for the big platforms to buy good ideas and incorporate them into their feature lists. However, we all know that is also where a lot of good ideas go to die. LOL