The year in IT: cybersecurity hogged the headlines

While digital transformation, cloud adoption, and the Internet of Things, emerged as among the top IT activities in 2016, it was cybersecurity that hogged the headlines: USS$81 million stolen from a Bangladesh bank; 500 million Yahoo! accounts swiped; and a DDoS attack that brought down much of the internet. In 2016 we also saw driverless cars, blockchain, and many more.  No matter the size or business vertical, companies large and small placed their bets on the potential of technology to fundamentally transform operations. “2016’s cyber-attack headlines proved more than ever that companies have a huge visibility problem,” said Sanjay Aurora, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, Darktrace. “They cannot see what is happening beneath the surfaces of their own networks.”