NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY GREEN PAPER – SUPPORTING DOCUMENT 4 The emerging threat landscape The following is a list of emerging technology areas whereby their level of maturity in cyber security and their subsequent emerging threat are outlined for consideration. 4.1 THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AREAS Cyber Physical Systems Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) are seamlessly integrated engineered systems which interact with computing equipment so as to control, manage and optimise physical processes in a number of applications6. Such systems are expected to undergo a high degree of innovation and hence they pose an emerging issue. Mobile Computing The increasing role of mobile devices in next generation ICT architectures coupled with their contribution towards technology convergence make them a key asset both for their users as well as for operators of related application services. Hence mobile devices are increasingly being targeted by threat agents. The secure development of mobile applications is also another area in its very early stages of maturity. The reuse of code libraries and binary code protection are two areas that also expected to be further developed, so as to minimize cyber threats such as data leakage and identity theft. Cloud Computing Cloud computing is another area of concern to users and security experts. Innovative usage models, attack scenarios and security control implementations for cloud computing are envisaged to fall under increased focus within the realm of cyber security in the future. Trust infrastructure Trust infrastructure and authentication infrastructure, are two vital components for cyber security and for which a heightened level of attack has been reported by ENISA in 2014. Such attacks are 18 Malta | National Cyber Security Strategy Green Paper – Supporting Document