One of the big trends predicted by solution providers and security experts alike in 2016 is a rise in critical infrastructure attacks. Those fears have already started to come to fruition, with attacks on a power grid in the Ukraine and a New York dam control system.
According to a study by the Enterprise Strategy Group, 68 percent of critical infrastructure organizations said they experienced some form of security incident in the past two years. What’s more, 67 percent of security professionals working with critical infrastructure said the threat landscape is more dismal than it was two years ago — and it’s only going to get worse.
