2017 Network and Security Technology Keywords

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With the rapid development of network technology, the Internet has become an important platform for connecting the world. As a key carrier for enterprises to achieve internal and external communication and business expansion, the importance of technological innovation and security operation and maintenance is becoming increasingly prominent. So in 2017, which network technology and security keywords will the industry pay more attention to? Let's make a prediction together.

What are the keywords for network and security technology in 2017?

Network technology keywords:

1. 802.11ad:

In 2017, as the latest standard to improve Wi-Fi transmission performance, 802.11ad has attracted the attention of more and more network manufacturers. When 802.11ac wireless products gradually become the first choice for people to upgrade, faster 802.11ad routers are also gradually coming to the market.

2. Mesh Network Technology:

As network equipment manufacturers such as ASUS, Linksys, Netgear, UBNT, Eero, Luma, and Starry Station have launched mesh network technology-related products, the technology has become popular. However, given the inherent defects in mesh network technology and architecture, as well as its cost disadvantages, it can be predicted that it will not be widely popularized in 2017.

3. 2.5G/5G Ethernet technology:

With the increasing number of wireless devices supporting the 802.11ac standard, it has become an inevitable trend to deploy the second wave of 802.11ac standard wireless APs to improve the energy efficiency of enterprise networks. 2.5G Ethernet technology effectively fills the market gap between Gigabit and 10 Gigabit, allowing users to obtain the capabilities of 802.11ac 2.0 standard APs at a lower price.

4. 25G and 50G Ethernet technologies:

With the demand for faster global network speeds, the global market for Ethernet switches is experiencing a new sales boom, with the number of devices supporting 25GE and 50GE protocol standards gradually increasing. The data center switch market is expected to shift to 25GE and 50GE to meet the needs of large cloud service providers to build new data center network architectures, including migrating from 10GE switching and server connections to 100GE switching and 25GE server connections. In order to increase the overall hybrid port speed of data centers, the new generation of Ethernet switching chips in 2017 will add support for 25GE and 50GE standards.

5. SDN and NFV:

In 2017, SDN will gradually penetrate into the enterprise market, and the compound annual growth rate is expected to reach 86% by 2020, with a market size of US$45 billion. In 2017, NFV will also accelerate its implementation in the telecom operator market and enter a new development period. It is believed that with the continuous growth of applications and mobile terminals, the importance and value of SDN and NFV will continue to emerge in the future.

6. Network visualization:

As enterprise networks migrate to the cloud, more and more enterprises are aware of the huge gap between their system environment, network architecture and their visibility needs. In 2017, they will pay more and more attention to network visibility. It is expected that by 2018, 60% of enterprises will reduce security failures by one third through the correct implementation of network visualization.

Security field keywords:

1. IoT attacks:

The era of the Internet of Everything has arrived, and IoT devices have become widely popular. However, the endless security incidents in 2016 have made people realize the security vulnerabilities in the IoT that cannot be ignored. If IoT manufacturers still cannot eliminate the defects such as coding errors, backdoors and universal factory passwords on their devices in 2017, more IoT attacks will be inevitable.

2. Expanded botnet:

The further explosion of IoT devices in 2017 will make the botnet army based on them even larger in scale and power. The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks caused by this in 2016 have caused losses to many large companies. This trend will create the biggest security threat in 2017.

3. The proliferation of ransomware:

Due to low input and high output, ransomware attacks will continue the strong momentum of 2016 and become popular in 2017, especially against enterprises, finance, government departments and medical institutions, etc. At the same time, with the rise of automated attacks and IoT ransomware activities, the scale effect will allow illegal hackers to extend their attack tentacles to more civilian victims.

4. Shortage of security talents:

Faced with frequent cybersecurity incidents, the extreme shortage of cybersecurity talents is a key point that causes losses to many government and enterprise units. The essence of cybersecurity is attack and defense confrontation, which is actually the attack and defense confrontation between people. According to statistics, the current shortage of cybersecurity talents in my country has reached 500,000, and the speed of university training is far behind the market demand, and this situation will be very prominent in 2017.

Driven by technological innovation, a new round of network technology changes is gradually taking place. After entering 2017, as network technology continues to evolve, network security issues will become an unavoidable "pain point" for individuals and government and enterprise units, and will inevitably attract more attention. So can the above keywords be more fully confirmed in 2017? Let us wait and see.