Information Protection and Security

Yet, the paradox, McAfee argues, is that despite the falling security budgets, a similar fraction of companies -- 71 percent -- believe that a data breach could put them out of business. Nearly two out of ten companies surveyed said they had a security breach in the last year. The average tab to clean up: $41,000.
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MESSAGING ANTI-ABUSE WORKING GROUP (MAAWG) GENERAL MEETING -- PHILADELPHIA -- ISPs and vendors here at the mostly closed-door Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) meeting this week shared data and research on more than just email abuse -- botnets, Web-borne attacks, social neworks, and wireless threats were also among the topics for ISPs and email providers.

The security vendor RSA revealed that the majority of breaches are actually caused unintentionally by employees.
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Economic crisis, black market sales of credit card numbers, Paypal or Ebay accounts could be to blame.
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According to two U.S. government officials, Internet crime rates will continue to increase because end-users and enterprises lack awareness and education about the current online threat landscape.
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This year, discussion of the threat landscape touched on everything from browser hijacking to wireless security to attacks on VOIP (voice over IP). More than one presenter during the conference spoke of the idea of assuming that computers in your network have been compromised.
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