What’s Worse Than Stolen Data? Altered Data
What’s Worse Than Stolen Data? Altered Data
Cyber-criminals are not only stealing data and accessing organizations’ data inappropriately—they’re altering it. Here’s a look at the 2016 security landscape.
Strategic Data Manipulation and Disruption
Organizations will start to realize that cyber-criminals are not only accessing their data inappropriately, they are tampering with it.
Consequences of Undetected Data Manipulation
When data is unknowingly manipulated, company decisions will be made based on false data. That can lead to devastating consequences because that can taint mixed compounds, control systems and manufacturing processes.
Increasing Attacks on Application Service Providers
As organizations become more comfortable with the “as-a-service” model and aggregate valuable data on the cloud, that data will become a lucrative target for cyber-criminals and cyber-espionage. A deeper appreciation of third risk party is needed.
Hacktivism and the Attack Surface
As cyber-attack tools and services become more commoditized, the cost of attacking an organization will drop dramatically. Result: more attacks whose primary focus is not financial gain.
Sophisticated Activist Collectives to Join Cyber-Vigilantes
Unsophisticated cyber-vigilantes have joined sophisticated collectives such as Anonymous. Financial gain is no longer their main goal, so enterprises must broaden their understanding to include what, why, where, and how they are being targeted.
Industrial Control Systems Faces Threats
Attacks on Industrial Control Systems (ICS) that control chemical, electrical, water and transport have increased 17-fold during the last three years. Automated sensors are exacerbating these issues. A critical breach of an ICS is extremely likely.
Too Much VC and Snake Oil
The high-tech industry has been awash in venture capital, and foolish investments have been made. As organizations’ security programs mature, they will realize that claims of preventing advanced threats are fantasies.
Shakeout of the Security Industry
Expect a shakeout in the security industry as organizations’ understanding of advanced threats mature and increasingly drive their security investment decisions.
