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2018 predictions
AN URGENT CALL TO ARMS
IN THIS SECOND PART OF OUR TOP PREDICTIONS FOR CYBERSECURITY IN 2018, SEVERAL EXPERTS
REVEAL WHAT MAY BE LYING IN WAIT. AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE FOR EASY READING
Whatever we may have thought
of the many breaches, hacks
and ransomware attacks that
hit the headlines in 2017, do things look
any better, now that we have some
objective distance between us and those
turbulent 12 months? The truth is 2018
looks like being 'more of the same', with
the rhetoric regarding state-sponsored
cyber assaults only ramping up. Add in a
dusting of former spies being allegedly
poisoned on UK soil and the feeling that
we've slipped between the covers of a
John Le Carré novel only intensifies.
According to the latest research from
Gartner, spending on information
security services will reach $93 billion in
2018, an increase of eight per cent from
2017. Cybersecurity expert Simon Bain
from BOHH Labs suggests that this
increased investment will be required to
address a number of critical challenges
in 2018. This includes rising website
attacks, chatbot technology threats and
the need for greater cyber security
awareness at board-level.
All of which serves to remind us that
can go wrong, will go wrong in
cyberspace… unless, of course, we show
unstinting vigilance in our own
backyards to protect our organisations
from the meteor shower of attacks now
bombarding us across what seems to be
every moment of every day. Feeling safe
may be the outcome of ensuring every
conceivable precaution has been taken.
Being safe is a much different story,
which is only as real as for however long
that lasts.
Read on for our experts' predictions as
to where the greatest dangers may lurk
over the coming several months…
SIMON BAIN, CEO, BOHH LABS:
Addressing ongoing cyber security threats
represents a challenge for any
organisation both practically and
financially, and 2018 will unfortunately
be no different. Looking ahead, there will
be several notable issues that firms will
need to strongly prepare for.
One of the type of attacks that we will
see gain more traction in 2018 is the
website attack. With the growing use of
online services (checking accounts,
merchant accounts and Point-of-Sale
(POS) systems, etc. now going through
the web) the risk of attacks is large and
has the potential to affect any institution
using these services, as it opens access to
institutions' backend databases,
document stores and applications all
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