Last year IBM’s securityintelligence.com predicted that:
- Internet of things would make the news.
- Orchestration & Automation would be a top priority.
- Business would rush to prepare for GDPR
These were very accurately predicted as areas of great impact!
Symantec’s 2018 cybersecurity attacks report reported that IOT experienced a 600% increase in attacks in 2017 over the 2016 period. An astonishing 8500% increase in malware coin miner detections, Coin miners not only slow down devices but can overheat batteries and sometimes render a device useless.