Five Cybersecurity Trends for 2016

What to look for in a problem that almost overnight has gone from a nagging backgrounder to a project number one for most risk managers. This short list includes some familiar advice about “low hanging fruit,” like password management and two-factor authentication, along with a warning: While management’s understanding of security challenges has matured and a cybersecurity industry has become increasingly sophisticated, so too has the expertise of criminals and state actors. Their expertise is now enabled by what amounts to an alternative market, enabled by the so-called dark web.