We tend to be laser focused on the here and now—particularly when we are living through major world events. But we can’t let our present focus detract from anticipating how technology will impact our future. Only by carefully calculating future scenarios can the cybersecurity community prepare to protect it. Trend Micro has taken a futurist view of technology, and its associated cyber threats, that might influence and evolve the world by the year 2030.
This new society may feel like a Sci-Fi film from our viewpoint in 2021. That’s how we felt way back in 2012 when we took part in the Project 2020 report. That future felt just out of reach—but it turned out to be a fairly accurate prediction of the state of technology and cyber risks today.
Now we repeat this practice to look into the future of society.