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Monday, January 04, 2021

Top Data Breach Targets

Expected places for threats:

Experian predicts 5 key data breach targets for 2021   by Veronica Combs in Security   

The pandemic warfare will shift to vaccine supply chains, home networks, and data from telemedicine visits in the new year.

Cybersecurity professionals should brace for pandemic warfare in 2021, according to a new report from Experian. Experian's eighth annual Data Breach Industry Forecast   https://www.experian.com/data-breach/2021-data-breach-industry-forecast    outlines five predictions for the data breach industry. None of the uncertainty and intensity of the cybersecurity threats of 2020 to ease up in the new year. 

Michael Bruemmer, vice president of Data Breach Resolution and Consumer Protection at Experian, describes the coming year as a "cyber-demic." He credited the combined impact of  these three forces for creating these conditions:

The Future State of Endpoint Security

Since COVID-19, on-site offices, devices and networks have shifted to remote work and workforces. This shift has propelled security to the forefront as protecting work-anywhere employees is paramount to organizational success.

But how do companies assess their current security state? What factors go into selecting hardware and software to maintain security compliance while protecting the end-user experience?

Experian predicts that these will be the top five target for hackers and cybercriminals in 2021:

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Home networks 

Contact tracing efforts

5G networks

Personal healthcare data  ....  "

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