Cloud Computing: Preparing for a year of ‘unknown unknowns’ in cyber security

December 7, 2016 Off By David
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Grazed from CloudComputing. Author: Mike East.

Today’s threat landscape is constantly evolving. In 2016 in particular, we’ve seen a huge shift with adversaries penetrating organisations from the DNC to WADA and gaining access to sensitive documents that were later leaked to embarrass individuals. Yet, while many believe that this trend starts and ends with a contentious election, it’s not something that’s going away in 2017.

In fact, we’re starting to see continued and varied threats, most recently with DDoS attacks taking down the likes of the EU commission. Overall, the pace and variation of exploits driven by technically astute adversaries, will only gain momentum in the coming year if not managed effectively…

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