6 Cybersecurity Challenges You Must Address For 2017

Medical devices are playing a growing role in IoT as more and more devices — including pacemakers, insulin pumps, and nerve stimulators — are becoming internet enabled. With the need for immediate access in the healthcare industry, cybercriminals see a lucrative target in these devices.In its report 2017 Threat Predictions, McAfee Labs and Intel Security foresee new threats to the healthcare industry through connected devices. A rapidly expanding area, the threats to IoT have yet to be fully understood and October’s massive DDoS attack raised another red flag. As part of the report, McAfee Labs predicts 14 security developments for 2017; identifies three legal hurdles, 10 vendor actions, and 11 cloud threats likely to occur in the next four years; makes 21 predictions regarding Internet of Things security threats, legal actions, and vendor responses in the next four years; and identifies six hard to solve challenges for the cybersecurity industry to overcome.