Security-focused Networks of the Future
Sandra Scott-Hayward · 2021
Network attack and data breach statistics are abundant; from the 2020 Cisco Annual Internet Report citing an anticipated increase in Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks from 7.9 million in 2018 to 15.4 million by 2023, to almost daily reports of data breaches, hackers targeting network device vulnerabilities, attacks on network services etc. This is, of course, unsurprising. Our lives are increasingly reliant on communication networks. In 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen the accelerated provision of health services in the home and an increased prevalence of home schooling and working. This has placed a significant burden on our home networks, one which cyber-criminals have been only too eager to exploit. The challenge to protect network users extends from there.