Everyone knows that traditional antivirus isn’t enough to stop today’s advanced threats, so endpoint security vendors are hoping you’ll consider their “next-gen” solutions. But what exactly does “next-gen” mean, and what capabilities should you expect?

But what will we see for cybersecurity in the next 12 months? Our experts have made some predictions about what we can expect in the coming year.

In the past few years, a lot of media outlets, and even some security vendors, have hyped up the threat of so-called advanced persistent threats (APTs), frequently associating them with nation-state attackers using unheard of zero-day exploits to break into high-profile targets.

Smartphones and tablets are multiplying in IT environments like crazy, and the variety and types of devices are multiplying too, thanks to trends like BYOD (bring your own device) and CYOD (choose your own device). If mobile security isn’t at the top of your to-do list, you might be guilty of the sin of mobile negligence, which is one of the “7 Deadly IT Sins” identified by Sophos as serious risks to businesses.

When it comes to cybersecurity, the attention of news media tends to focus on the big data breaches and hacks of large companies, like the embarrassing and costly breach of Sony. That might lead many small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) to think they don’t face the same type of threats. Unfortunately, that’s dead wrong.