
Internet of Things (IoT)
While the Internet of Things, sometimes referred to tongue-in-cheek as the “Insecurity of Things”, is still emerging, the threats presented by its rapidly expanding cyberattack surface are no laughing matter. Intel recently reported that, by 2020, an estimated 200 billion smart devices will comprise the internet of things. Everything from cars, IP cameras, and DVRs to medical devices and baby monitors. And, if you think attacks on these types of devices are still science fiction, consider the recent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on Dyn that caused a massive internet outage across the United States. Or the same Mirai IoT botnet that took the entire country of Liberia offline.Malware Gone Mobile
While, to date, most attacks on smartphones have been of the ad-hoc variety, maturity in mobile malware, combined with an increasing number of Android and IOS vulnerabilities, are making conditions favorable for more frequent attacks.
Scott Lang, Sr. Director, Product Marketing at BeyondTrust
Scott Lang has nearly 20 years of experience in technology product marketing, currently guiding the product marketing strategy for BeyondTrust’s privileged account management solutions and vulnerability management solutions. Prior to joining BeyondTrust, Scott was director of security solution marketing at Dell, formerly Quest Software, where he was responsible for global security campaigns, product marketing for identity and access management and Windows server management.