Security predictions

In the absence of a reliable crystal ball, we’ve taken our best guess at what trends may crop up in the security world in 2015 and assembled our top six things to keep a lookout for…

1. More attackers playing the long game.

It’s possible we’ll see hackers happy to gain access to a targeted network and then to sit within it, gathering information. It will be a much more subtle form of breach, moving away from the ‘smash and grab’ style of operation to a ‘wait and see’ way of doing things.

Attackers will display patience, waiting for ‘interesting’ information to surface — data of value or highlighting how to create the most disruption or destruction. The most worrying aspect of this new approach is that attacks may go undetected for months or years or, possibly, never be detected at all. To counteract this, companies will need to have controls in place for spotting the unexpected on their networks in terms of who is accessing data, from where, and why.

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