50% of IT professionals say they plan to increase spending on security technologies in the next 12 months. The number of connected things in use will hit 4.9 billion by the end of this year, up 30% from 2014. PayPal CISO John Nai says in 2016 he’ll pay close attention to “infrastructure hygiene” Nai: “A lot of companies focus on advanced capabilities, but you really need to be brilliant at the basics” Security managers say they’ll spend at least some of the money being added to security budgets.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3013107/forecast-2016-security-takes-center-stage.html