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o Mobile payments will bring our ‘what ifs’ to reality – biometric and ‘let me take a
selfie’ sensations will only become more common as people realize that
passwords can quickly become a liability – MasterCard’s ‘selfie pay’ and Intel’s
True Key are just the tip of the iceberg.
o TIP: CAUTION – treat your biometric data like your other precious financial and
personal data.

• IoT vulnerabilities and attacks will be on the rise AND will increase the need for
standardization for various security measures – hackers at this year’s Def Con found 47
new vulnerabilities affecting 23 devices from 21 manufacturers.
o October saw a massive distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack on major
global websites including Twitter, Netflix, Reddit and the UK government’s sites –
reportedly powered by the Mirai botnet made up of insecure IoT devices.

For the sake of everyone’s personal and professional security, I hope these issues will not be as
grandiose as we predict – however, the realist in me says otherwise.

Dear 2017,

We will prepare for your cyber security warfare as best we know how – monitor inside the
network, protect outside devices, and stay hyper-aware of all activity-in-motion in between.

Sincerely,

Scott Millis and the Cyber adAPT team

About The Author

Scott Millis is the Chief Technology Officer of Cyber adAPT. Scott is a
senior IT executive and security industry pioneer with an exceptional
talent for aligning security and business objectives.

Formerly the Chief IT strategy officer at McAfee, (now Intel Security), he
brings a deep understanding of all aspects of IT across diverse sectors
including manufacturing, distribution, large enterprises and professional
services. Previous positions include CTO at Courtlink and SVP, Data
Processing at Foundation Health Corp. Scott’s role at Cyber adAPT® includes bringing his
years of experience in IT to provide strategic market direction through interactions with the
industry’s top business leaders. Scott studied Computer Science at the University of California
at Irvine and, more recently, has been certified as a wine sommelier by WSET, (the Wine and
Spirits Education Trust). Scott can be reached online at [email protected] or
https://twitter.com/scottmillis and at our company website www.cyberadapt.com

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