Security trends in the information and communication technology industry - July 2017

The information and communication technology (ICT) industry has evolved greatly over the last several decades. The increasingly interconnected nature of ICT devices and systems, along with modern society’s dependence on the technologies
and services this sector provides, extend the risk of cyberattack. Furthermore, firms in this industry often act as a clearinghouse or storehouse for data gathered from other industries. In October 2016, for example, a misconfigured, publicly
accessible NoSQL database at a data storage and web hosting company exposed millions of customer details—including email addresses, full names, home addresses, gender and job titles. A dump of the data was posted on Twitter before the company secured the database.¹