As we continue deeper into 2022, facing many of the challenges we saw in 2021 (see Reflections on Security: Looking Back at 2021), optimism may seem difficult. How do we know the next evolution of identity and security practices will be enough? And this time of year always sees a flurry of predictions on what trends will emerge and what should be top of mind in the security space. For me, Slartibartfast of Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy said it best: “Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I think the chances of finding out what's actually going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say, ‘Hang the sense of it,’ and keep yourself busy.” In the spirit of this quote, here are some things to keep in mind, based on the lessons we’ve learned from the cyber events of 2021. There.