INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the third annual Security Report issued by Ixia, a Keysight business. Each year, the Ixia Application and Threat Intelligence (ATI) Research Center summarizes the most interesting and prominent internet security trends. We analyze ATI data to help organizations understand where they can improve. We also analyze the data to predict the biggest hotspots for the coming year. In all our work, we aspire to help cybersecurity professionals strengthen their security posture by sharing knowledge of active exploits, new and old.