Thought leaders within the IT community are beginning to view cybersecurity not just as part and parcel of the everyday cost of doing business, but as an enabler, a direct driver of business continuity and bottom line growth. This shift in perception has begun to have a dramatic impact on the position and role of security within organizations, from a view of “security means you can’t…” to “security means you can.” Over the past year, fences, walls and moats have become outdated as the ROI of security takes priority with a focus on measuring detection, responding to legislation and the automation of remediation, patch management and minimizing dwell time of an attacker. While a lot has changed in 2015, the speed of security means there’s only more to come. These are Raytheon|Websense Security Labs™’ predictions for 2016.

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The Top 8 Predictions for 2016:

• The U.S. elections cycle will drive significant themed attacks

• Mobile wallets and new payment technologies will introduce additional opportunities for credit card theft and fraud

• The addition of the gTLD system will provide new opportunities for attackers

• Cybersecurity insurers will create a more definitive actuarial model of risk – changing how security is defined and implemented

• DTP adoption will dramatically increase in more mainstream companies

• Forgotten ongoing maintenance will become a major problem for defenders as maintenance costs rise, manageability falls and manpower is limited

• The Internet Of Things will help (and hurt) us all

• Societal views of privacy will evolve, with great impact to defenders

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