Cybersecurity Stocks: What to Watch in 2018
The cybersecurity market could grow from $138 billion this year to $232 billion in 2022, according to research firm Markets and Markets. However, technical jargon and volatile growth can make it tough to understand this industry's long-term prospects. So today I'll highlight the seven key trends investors should follow in the cybersecurity industry next year.
The number of data breaches has surged over the past few years. Digital security company Gemalto reports that 708 million records were breached in 2015, 1.38 billion records were breached in 2016, and a whopping 1.9 billion records were lost in the first half of 2017.
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