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The modern technological landscape stands poised on the brink of a new revolution . Promising dramatically faster internet speeds and the potential for a ten-fold increase in the number of potential endpoints connected to the cloud , 5G is set to catalyse the next stage of evolution for the internet age . Alongside a proliferation of new opportunities , this new era of increased connectivity will also be one of increased risk . Living in an age of increased cyber risk where the pace of technology exceeds the ability of the average user to protect their data , cybersecurity firms are working to increase their capabilities alongside the cloud revolution , the rise of software as a service ( SaaS ) and the new 5G era .
“ The rise of SaaS has given far more power to any individual to accumulate , analyze , aggregate , store and distribute data than ever before ,” explains Norman Guadagno , Chief Marketing Officer ( CMO ) of Carbonite , Inc , a data protection platform provider headquartered in Boston , Massachusetts . “ We ’ re seeing an uptick in not just intelligent endpoints such as laptops and tablets and mobile phones , but also less intelligent devices , IoT devices that are creating tremendous potential vulnerabilities for businesses . The amount of data that people find on their own endpoint device , and the ability to successfully manage that often outpaces their own awareness . Not only do most individuals and small businesses not even know
JUNE 2019