Just days before Christmas, Australia’s popular press was awash with reports of how a security flaw in Hello Barbie, the Wi-Fi connected doll, could be used to spy on the nation’s children.
As the era of the internet of things (IoT) dawns, computer security has taken on a whole new dimension.
Security is no longer just about a virus in your spreadsheet or ransomware closing down a small business, it’s about hackers taking over autonomous vehicles or drones, or shutting down critical infrastructure – or about your children being manipulated without your knowledge.
If there is one safe prediction for 2016, it’s that security challenges will arise on a scale never seen before.
