Other Promising Trends

It is perhaps worthwhile to note that there are other disruptive concepts, such as quantum computing and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), that will redefine how we treat security today. Quantum computing, although rather nascent at present, uses the concept of quantum mechanical paradigms that could render current cryptography algorithms ineffective in several instances. The importance of hardware-based trust is now well acknowledged for industrial networks. MIT's physical unclonable function (PUF) is one of the emerging technologies to tamper-proof devices at the silicon level.

As noted earlier in this chapter, security is a dynamic discipline, where threats and countermeasures evolve with time. As such, product developers need to ensure that their solutions can stand the test of time-not just for a year or two, but for the foreseeable future. Emerging technologies and their impact on the security landscape in the years to come is a vital consideration in any...