As 2018 draws to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on the year that was in cyber-security, to learn from past mistakes and identify trends that will likely continue into the new year.
2018 saw no shortage of major breaches, new critical vulnerabilities and policy changes that enterprise IT organizations will still be grappling with in one form or another in 2019. 2018 was the year of Meltdown and Spectre and it was the year that GDPR came into effect. 2018 was also a year of intense security privacy challenges for Facebook and it was also a year in which tens of millions of Americans had their data stolen in large data breaches.