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INTEllIGENT COMPUTING | SECURITY
Ron Davidson
maildqindia@cybermedia.co.in

Indian Enterprises Will Invest In

Security Big Time in 2018

With the threat landscape changing by the day, 2018 will see aggressive
adoption of various security technologies as enterprises look at ways
and means to secure their digital assets

017 will undoubtedly be considered as ‘Year of move to the cloud and the increasing convergence of IT
ransomware’, the year when the global security and operational technology (OT) have drastically changed
landscape was forever changed by attacks like networks and expanded responsibilities of security teams
2 WannaCry and Petya. The havoc caused by these tasked with protecting them. These initiatives, for all their
attacks reached far beyond the paltry ransom demand. business benefits, have caused network complexity to
Hospitals turned away patients. Production lines came to skyrocket — an issue cyberattackers are all too eager to
a halt. Nuclear radiation monitoring was disrupted. Cyber exploit. All the while, the labor force to safeguard against
events like these were a wakeup call to the brave new attacks remains stubbornly inadequate.
world of cyberattacks and how they could reach further As we head into 2018, here’s a look at the cybersecurity
into the ‘real world’ than ever before. trends sure to emerge amid the intersection of the most
But it’s not just ransomware and the threat landscape capable threat landscape, the most complex networks
that have changed. Digital transformation initiatives like the and a worldwide —including India — skills shortage:

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