Majority of network attacks to use encryption

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By 2017 more than half of the network attacks targeting enterprises will use encryption to bypass controls. That’s according to analysts at Gartner who believe the current number of network attacks, which currently sits at 5%, will rise to more than 50% in the next two years. Greg Young, Research Vice President at Gartner says this will be possible because encryption is being used by attackers to hide their activities.

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