4 Things We Learned About Security in 2016

Security is the gift that keeps on giving. There's always one more vulnerability to be exploited, one more household-name company that's about to be breached. So, it shouldn't be surprising that 2016 offered up some new lessons -- or, in some cases, things the industry already knew but needed a reminder about. It isn't exactly the rise of the robots, but the Mirai botnet proved that the Internet of Things (IoT) is easily exploitable. This is a possibility that's been lurking all along, but in 2016, it became real.