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That's according to researchers from Checkmarx, which just published its 2021 Software Security Predictions report.

"I expect to see malicious attackers exploit developers' missteps in these flexible environments. To combat this, we will see a major concentration around cloud security training, IaC best practices, and additional spend allocated toward software and application security to support the demand of a remote workforce and more complex software ecosystems," he added.

"To foster collaboration between security and development, security in 2021 will need to integrate into the development tool chain in a manner that the latter is most comfortable with."

Cloud-native security is currently underutilized and not fully understood within the security community, but 2021 will see a push toward prioritizing locking down cloud environments, according to the report's co-author and Checkmarx director of security research, Erez Yalon.

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