4 information security threats that will dominate 2017

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Network World Security Alert Jan 02, 2017 4 information security threats that will dominate 2017 Cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated and collaborative with every coming year. To combat the threat in 2017, information security professionals must understand these four global security threats. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2016 • Snapshot: NASA's "Human Computers" and the Hidden Figures movie story • 5 reasons to automate your network • Tech outages of 2016 and how to prevent them in 2017 • It's 2017 and changing other people's flight bookings is incredibly easy • New year's resolution for IoT vendors: Start treating LANs as hostile • 5 signs we're finally getting our act together on security Solution Center: Rapid7 Do You Have the Power to Make Nothing Happen? When it comes to security, the ability to "Make Nothing Happen" is really quite exciting. Check out these resources to learn how Rapid7's threat exposure management, incident detection and security advisory services enable organizations to see network risks and spot attacks before they damage your network. When you can make nothing happen, your enterprise can make growth happen. Read More ▶ The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2016 As we close out the year and look at some of the, shall we say more interesting, stories of the year we find quite tech collection. Everything from NASA's poop challenge and the most significant advances in Ethernet's illustrious history to the rise of robot doctor overlords. Take a look at 30 of the years weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories. Read More ▶ Snapshot: NASA's "Human Computers" and the Hidden Figures movie story The film Hidden Figures details an inspiring story about three particular African-American women mathematicians who were highly indispensable to the achievement of early spaceflight. The movie also involves some cool old mainframes and other high tech gear. Take a gander. Read More ▶ 5 reasons to automate your network By implementing automation tools and practices, networks can better withstand modern workloads, provide a new level dynamism and speed, and cut costs. Scott Sneddon, Senior Director, SDN and Virtualization at Juniper Networks, provided the following five benefits of network automation. Read More ▶ Tech outages of 2016 and how to prevent them in 2017 To avoid unexpected downtime, BigPanda recommends that companies take the following steps to ensure the availability and reliability of their services, but first lets review the outages of the past 12 months. Read More ▶ It's 2017 and changing other people's flight bookings is incredibly easy The travel booking systems used by millions of people every day lack modern authentication methods and allow attackers to easily modify other people's reservations. Read More ▶ New year's resolution for IoT vendors: Start treating LANs as hostile Insecure default configurations are prevalent in the IoT world, but many of them could be easily avoided if device manufacturers would include LAN-based attacks in their threat modelling. Read More ▶ 5 signs we're finally getting our act together on security Despite all the bad news in information security in 2016, some positive developments may finally shift momentum Read More ▶ White Paper: Fortinet, Inc. Advanced Threats, Advanced Solutions: Integrating a Sandbox Into Your Infrastructure The volume of threats is increasing, and cybercriminals are enhancing their techniques every day. Companies struggle to proactively see the threats that are coming, knowing when they have been breached and reacting quickly to minimize the threat. Download this whitepaper to learn about 12 different advanced malware techniques being used today and how sandboxing is an incredible tool that can help. 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