The Top 10, Top Predictions for 2012

Around this time of year, almost everyone and their brother put out their annual predictions for the coming year.  So instead of coming up with my own, I figured I’d simply regurgitate what many others are expecting to happen. 

• Security Predictions 2012 & 2013 - The Emerging Security Threat – SANS talks Custom Malware, IPv6, ARM hacking and Social Media.
• Top 7 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2012 - From Stuxnet to Sony, a number of cyberattacks emerged in 2011 that experts have predicted for quite some time.  Webroot’s top seven forecasts for the year ahead.  Zero-day targets and smartphones are on this list.
• Top 8 Security Predictions for 2012 – Fortinet’s Security Predictions for 2012.  Sponsored attacks and SCADA Under the Scope.
• Security Predictions for 2012 - With all of the crazy 2011 security breaches, exploits and notorious hacks, what can we expect for 2012?  Websense looks at blended attacks, social media identity and SSL.
• Top 5 Security Predictions For 2012 – The escalating change in the threat landscape is something that drives the need for comprehensive security ever-forward.  Firewalls and regulations in this one.
• Gartner Predicts 2012 – Special report addressing the continuing trend toward the reduction of control IT has over the forces that affect it.  Cloud, mobile, data management and context-aware computing.
• 2012 Cyber Security Predictions – Predicts cybercriminals will use cyber-antics during the U.S. presidential election and will turn cell phones into ATMs.
• Top Nine Cyber Security Trends for 2012 – Imperva’s predictions for the top cyber security trends for 2012.  DDoS, HTML 5 and social media.
• Internet Predictions for 2012 – QR codes and Flash
• TOP 15 Internet Marketing Predictions for 2012 – Mobile SEO, Social Media ROI and location based marketing.

Certainly not an exhaustive list of all the various 2012 predictions including the doomsday and non-doomsday claims but a good swath of what the experts believe is coming.  Wonder if anyone predicted that Targeted attacks increased four-fold in 2011.

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