InfoWorld - Security Adviser: 4 positive predictions for security in 2015

Sick of the constant drumbeat of data breaches and destructive exploits? There's no magic bullet, but these four measures may help in the coming year

By Roger A. Grimes
Dec 23, 2014

In today’s crazy world, where hackers can take down entire companies, cancel projects, and ruin movie night for millions, I have to believe we've hit some sort of tipping point. I mean, someone who doesn't like your company shouldn't be allowed to kill it.

I'm not talking about Sony alone. Hackers have been putting companies out of business for years. In the past it's been smaller firms, but now damages in the hundreds of millions of dollars -- or in Sony's case, probably half a billion over the long term -- are commonplace. Remember that few of these attacks required sophisticated hacking techniques; it's generally a matter of poor defenses. Almost any company could be Sony.

The security state has become so bad, it has to get better. In fact, I see four areas of light in the endless fight against malicious hackers and malware:

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