Info Security Risks Still Elevated

Firewalls secure. Virus software up to date. Feeling secure. Think again. The information security battle rages on. ...

... "According to Stewart, information security is no longer just a battle against a virus or spam attack. There are oftentimes legal, identity-based and geopolitical factors involved. As examples, he points to identity theft at major retailers and a recent distributed denial-of-service attack allegedly launched by politically motivated hackers within Russia on its neighbor Estonia this spring. The cyber attack, which reportedly stemmed from outrage over Estonian authorities' decision to move a Soviet-era war memorial from a park, shut down many of the country's government Web sites. " ...

Via Cisco: Inaugural Report on Global Security Landscape