IDG Contributor Network: Increasing the cybersecurity workforce won’t solve everything

On Dec. 1, 2016, the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity delivered its report to the President of the United States, providing six Imperatives and a number of associated recommendations and action items to improve the overall security posture of the nation’s public and private infrastructures. These recommendations cover the gamut of both technical and non-technical…

7 Imminent IoT Threats

Recent distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks involving the use of thousands of compromised digital video recorders and IP cameras have highlighted the looming security threat posed by the Internet of Things (IoT). Analyst firm Juniper Research estimates that between now and the end of 2020, the number of “things” connected to the Internet will grow from…