An algorithm can be as simple as following a step-by-step culinary recipe, but many are made up of thousands of lines of code. And that code has become part of nearly every move we make.

The cybersecurity battlefield is evolving rapidly, so analyzing threats from the last year can help experts anticipate trends that may emerge in coming months. Check out these 5 predictions.

Increasingly, cyber and information security experts have turned to podcasts as a source of news and analysis.

Dating apps run on algorithms, which “are like a recipe,” according to Professor Sucheta Soundarajan, who teaches in Syracuse University’s Master of Computer Science program. In order to bake a cake, for example, you need to have certain ingredients like flour and butter, and you must combine the ingredients in a specific sequence.

In 2014, two tech professionals demonstrated that it was possible to remotely hack into a vehicle. They were able to gain full control of a Jeep Cherokee even with the driver inside. This is a terrifying prospect, and one that leads to questions about where the digital world is heading when a hacker can literally take control of a vehicle away from the person driving it.

Information technology is an industry that spans all other industries. Every facet of life— including finance, health care, government, manufacturing and even the entertainment industry—relies more and more on the digital world to coordinate resources and manage data. Workforces, customers and transactions are all managed digitally, and we no longer have just an economy, we have a cyber economy.