Europes General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is beginning to seriously affect companies approach to cybersecurity. 60% plan to spend up to 24% of their technology budgets on security this year; 18% will spend 49% on cyber defenses. 46% said they plan to deploy smart cards this year, while nearly 8% will deploy virtual smart cards, and 28% will use both. Traditional user name & password authentication remains the top means for securing identities, used by 89% of respondents.”]