1) Three trends were identified in cybersecurity for 2016: cybersecurity going mainstream; social media hacking escalating; and 2016 being a year of security training and certifications. 2) As technology evolves, cybersecurity will continue to grow mainstream. However, social media hacking poses a continued threat as hackers try new tactics to outsmart security professionals. 3) In response, security training and certification opportunities are increasing to broaden knowledge and help reduce attacks, though training and awareness efforts must continue going forward.

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Annotated Bibliography: Trends in my profession
By
Mantenso Samia Skido-Achulo
01/31/2016
The three trends I discoveredin my research were,
1) Cyber security goes mainstream
2) Social media hacking escalates
3) 2016 is a year of security training and certifications

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Cyber security goes main stream
Cyber security will go mainstream in 2016 so far as technology continues to
evolve with time. “Cyber security has been an industry that has tremendously
grown over the past few years due to technology. “This is another trend that
we’ve watched grow over the past few years, but there’s no question that
cybersecurity made it to the forefront of mainstream and even pop culture focus
in 2015.” By Nate Lord Tuesday September 29, 2015 “This article published in
2015, talks about the ability of cyber security to go mainstream in the substituent
years ahead.”
IOS, android other networks and mainly organizations get attacked by
hackers yearly and this year possess to be the same. For some time now cyber
attackers have been coordinating and collaborating, trying out new tactics and
tools, and generally trying to be smarter than cyber security industry.
Due to the fact that the industry improving, we hope to see the promising
solutions to this attacks this year.

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Without cyber security our companies will not be protected, improving software’s will impossible
and trying to stay ahead of the hackers is not likely. The rapid increase in technology and
especially in social media , has kept cyber security in the spot light for protecting information
leakage through their devices, more attention has been put on the industry because of the great
help if offers.
“The article focuses on information security issues. Topics include cybersecurity, denial of
service (DOS) attack, and data protection.”
Due to the fact that Organization and other business and private entities , store their confidential
information on computers, laptops or any other device that makes it easier for hackers to invade
. Cyber security serves a protective tool, which is needed, and all efforts to improve every
aspect of cyber security is highly important to our nation and the world at large. To keep highly
confidential information stored

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Socialmedia hacking escalates
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Social media hacking has been a problem, and will continue to be a disturbing issue,
which unfortunately does not prove to be any different so far. Hack in a situation where
a computer is trespassed by a person from a remote location .Vital information is
retrieved from this devices which could lead to very consequences.In my in-depth
research a book by Taylor & Francis says that ““In Western societies, the practice of
computer hacking is increasingly being viewed as a major security dilemma by
governments and security experts alike”
A majority of Social Networks have a huge impact on our lives and to the world
as well. Instagram, Facebook, Myspace, twitter Are driven by information technology
and ever since these networks evolved they have attracted a numerous amount of users,
unfortunately most of these followers are with the intention of hacking into people’s information

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All humans are vulnerable to social media attacks, so far as they do patronize social media it is
almost inevitable, some individuals are harder to trick than others but eventually a majority of
people get caught in a hacker’s game. Social media is an amazing marketing tool for a lot of
companies’ .They gets their companies more recognition but then again opens the space for
hackers to thrive.
This article says “security professionals are most concerned about targeted attacks, external
hackers and insider threats, according to a recent report from Symantec. Their jobs are made
more challenging by industry trends”
The level of social media hacking will continue to escalate with time; this is because
internet fraudsters tend to be one step ahead of their game when it comes to gaining
information from organizations, individuals and companies. Making it very dangerous to
trust confidential information on devices or mostly cloud storage.

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2016 is a year of security training andcertifications
An effort is been made, to address the increasing threats to the cyber security industry.
Cybersecurity training courses and certifications are taking place. Skilled, accredited
persons and industries have been opportunity to train people and award certificates to
broaden their knowledge on the industry as to how attacks and be reduced and ways to
go about them.
According to Trim, .P.J. “This book will interest government officials, policy
advisors, law enforcement officers and senior managers within companies, as well as
academics and students in a range of disciplines including management and computer
science”.
Other ways of attracting spreading awareness is by writing books .Such books
should consist of information such consequences of hacking, actions that need to be
taken and ways of preventing them. This procedure of certification and training will gain
more exposure to the industry and recruit more people in fighting hackers.

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Based on the outstanding amount of cyber threats, training and certification is extremely
necessary in this industry, certificates do not only prove that an individual has he
qualifications, but also assures that the knowledge needed to gain experience as employee is
valid .In out part of the world especially and considering our economic situation, training and
certification is very important for building skills, improving career opportunities.
“This article by McCrohan, K. F, presents the results of a study to determine the
impact of a cyber threat education and awareness intervention on changes in user
security behavior”
Certifications and training is necessary at all times especially during the national
cyber security and awareness month which is held in October every year. This is
important to the country since cyber threats poses to be one of the dangers the country
deals with and it will create jobs and carriers for the youth

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