Cyber Threats and Conflicts May Escalate in the New Year

By Michael Bruemmer

Michael Bruemmer, CHC, CIPP/US, is Vice President with the Experian Data Breach Resolution group. With more than 25 years in the industry, Bruemmer brings a wealth of knowledge related to business operations and development in the identity theft and fraud resolution space where he has educated businesses of all sizes and sectors through pre-breach and breach response planning and delivery, including notification, call center and identity protection services. Bruemmer currently resides on the Ponemon Responsible Information Management (RIM) Board, the Information Security Media Group (ISMG) Editorial Advisory Board and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Certification Advisory Board.

It’s safe to say 2016 was a banner year for cyber attacks and data breaches. Whether talking about an organization, or even a nation-state, the volume and sophistication of attacks has greatly increased. From Internet of Things-powered botnets capable of taking down even the most hardened infrastructure, to nation-states targeting political institutions, the task of securing data and defending systems is only becoming more of a challenge.

While organizations are certainly better prepared today than ever before, the cyber security landscape has undergone several changes and it remains essential that organizations keep close tabs on the data breach landscape as they head into the New Year. There are several trends we are likely to see in the coming year that companies should keep top of mind.

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