Automation & Pervasive, Connected Technology to Pose Cyber Threats in 2030 A project to look at potential cybersecurity threats in a decade sees hackers and marketers sending spam directly to our vision, while attackers' automated systems adapt faster than defenses. RSA CONFERENCE 2021 – Business processes managed by machines. A national digital fiat currency. Pervasive connected devices in clothing fabric and as implants. Augmented reality displayed directly onto people's contact lenses. This is the technological landscape that nations, citizens, and businesses will have to contend with — and secure — in a decade, according to Project 2030, a future-looking effort to predict the future landscape for cybersecurity presented at the RSA Conference this week by researchers at software security firm Trend Micro and Oxford University.