With companies storing more data in the cloud and the number of Internet-connected devices rapidly increasing, the appeal and opportunity for cybercrime continues to escalate. But there is also good news. Technological advances have produced significant new products and defense mechanisms as well, and we’ll see those continuing to emerge throughout the year.

Here’s a look at Lastline's 2018 cybersecurity landscape, and what they expect to see—from both attack and defense perspectives.

• Cybercriminals get more sophisticated—developing multiple new ways to attack their victims
• Malware invades hardware at increasing rates
• The cyberattack surface expands exponentially
• Giant leap in adoption of security oriented ai & ml
• Security automation becomes a primary objective
• Cybersecurity augments prevention with resiliency

Bottom Line—Cybercrime Impact Will Be Huge in 2018

According to Cybersecurity Ventures, cybercrime will rise dramatically during 2018 and will cost the world $6 trillion dollars annually by 2021. That’s a huge impact. The ever-increasing attack surface is already so large that the limited cybersecurity resources found in most organizations are unable to keep up with the onslaught.

Fortunately, the cybersecurity industry is vigorously fighting back with advances in resiliency and automation technologies like AI and ML. During 2018, organizations will increasingly use these methods to defend themselves from cyberattack.