4 information security threats that will dominate 2017

As with previous years, 2016 saw no shortage of data breaches. Looking ahead to 2017, the Information Security Forum (ISF), a global, independent information security body that focuses on cyber security and information risk management, forecasts businesses will face four key global security threats in 2017.

“2016 certainly lived up to expectations,” says Steve Durbin, managing director of the ISF. “We saw all sorts of breaches that just seemed to get bigger and bigger. We lurched from one to another. We always anticipate some level of it, but we never anticipate the full extent. I don’t think anybody would have anticipated some of the stuff we’ve seen of late in terms of the Russians getting involved in the recent elections.”

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