Cybersecurity is now in the news several times per day and is likely to become the most reported on sector of the technology landscape in 2017. This will both create opportunities as well as challenge the fundamentals on how the global economy operates.
Security is one of the few tech sectors that thrives primarily thanks to the cruel intentions of bad actors. White hats and black hats exist symbiotically. Without the criminal element to create demand, CISOs would just hang up their spurs and call it a day.
https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/02/the-age-of-resilience-security-in-2017/