Cyberattacks grow in number, severity
December 7, 2009 by Valerie HelmbreckPosted in: Communication, Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Information security, Latest News & Views, malware
Need some help justifying your 2010 IT security budget? The Computer Security Institute may have it for you in their new survey that found a big jump in cyberattacks.
The survey, just published, included more than 400 public and private sector IT managers. The surge in malware was the most dramatic finding: 64% of respondents said they’d been hit by malware attacks.
Compare that to the 50% who reported similar attacks a year ago.
The survey also found that many of these attacks were multistage hits, in which malware downloaded separate tools that would make an infection worse once it got inside the network.
The 2009 survey will be available here for download on Dec. 8. Read it and weep.
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Tags: 2009, Computer Security Institute, cyberattacks, malware, survey
December 8th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Link is no good. Typical for this site.