Cybersecurity dominated the news cycle in 2017, but there’s good reason for security professionals to be optimistic about the months ahead. The trend since 2010 has been an increase in attacks that were carried out using relatively simple but capable, destructive malware. Disruption is an especially appealing tactic for nation-states and less sophisticated attackers who care less about profit and more about conveying a message or covering a hacking operations forensic evidence. Smaller actors now have access to the same assets as the big players.”]