WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation

IoT has been and will be the talk of the town for many years to come. Learn the latest internet of things statistics, forecasts and facts for 2019.

The IoT is defined by everyday objects, interconnected via the internet in order to send and receive data. The reason why we connect these objects is simple: for convenience. To help you understand this technology better in 2019, we’ve created the following list of Internet of Things statistics.

Being able to arm your security system remotely, or start your washer, turn your lights on or off, or adjust the thermostat while being nowhere near them is a convenience our grandparents fantasized about. Looks like we will probably never have to worry about leaving the stove on again.

Facial recognition is the new hot tech topic in China. Banks, airports, hotels and even public toilets are all trying to verify people’s identities by analyzing their faces. But the police and security state have been the most enthusiastic about embracing this new technology.

Exclusive research by us at LDV Capital is the first publicly shared, in-depth analysis which estimates how many cameras will be in the world in 2022. Key Findings include:

• Most of the pictures captured will never be seen by a human eye.
• A paradigm shift will take place in the meaning and use of a camera.
• Over the next five years there will be a proliferation of cameras integrated into products across industries and markets.
• Where there is growth in cameras there will be tremendous business opportunities in the capture, analysis and interpretation of visual data.
• Depth capture will double the number of cameras in handheld cameras.
• By 2022, the number of cameras will be nearly 12X the 2012 figures.
• Your smartphone will have between 4 and 10 cameras by 2022.
• The Internet of Eyes will be larger than the Internet of Things.
• In the next five years, robotics will have 20X more integrated cameras.
• By 2022, all new vehicles will be equipped with more than 25 cameras and this does not include Lidar or Radar.

With the Supreme Court slated to rule next term on whether cellphone location data requires a search warrant, a new poll shows that a majority of U.S. adults support law enforcement accessing certain personal data for someone under investigation, but only if it's authorized by a warrant. Polling was conducted June 8 through June 12 among 2,200 U.S. adults. Morning Consult is the official polling partner of POLITICO, Vox, Fortune, and Bloomberg News.

The short version: I'm loading over 1 billion breached accounts into HIBP. These are from 2 different "combo lists", collections of email addresses and passwords from all sorts of different locations. I've verified their accuracy (including my own record in one of them) and many hundreds of millions of the

The 2017 DBIR reveals what’s really happening in cyber security. This year’s report is based on analysis of over 40,000 incidents, including 1,935 confirmed data breaches. That means you get a detailed insight into the cyber security threats you face.

Read the report and discover:

• The biggest cyber security threats in your sector and what you can do to mitigate them.
• Who’s behind the attacks and how they’re getting in.
• What motivates the cybercriminals.
• How nine incident patterns can help you predict what the cybercriminals will do next.

Mozilla’s new open source initiative to document and explain what’s happening to the health of the Internet. Combining research from multiple sources, we collect data on five key topics and offer a brief overview of each.