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Arnold H. Glasow famously quipped that “the trouble with the future is that it usually arrives before we’re ready for it.” The past year certainly took us by surprise when the WannaCry and Petya ransomware outbreaks hit businesses globally, causing unprecedented disruption, while serious new vulnerabilities such as BlueBorne were discovered in almost every connected device in use.
While these large-scale attacks and vulnerabilities dominated news headlines, there were other significant cybersecurity trends developing behind the scenes which also have the potential to disrupt peoples’ daily lives. These trends are the result of our increasing reliance on digital technologies, and of Government and private-sector organizations collecting and using more and more sensitive...
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