http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=228201056 By Mathew J. Schwartz InformationWeek November 16, 2010 What happens after a data breach, criminals attack the enterprise network, or PCs get infected with a virus via Facebook, leading to network downtime? According to a new survey: confusion. That's because two-thirds of organizations lack the right data or tools to fully understand the scope of a security incident, and 35% lack a response plan. Those findings come from a new survey conducted by Trusted Strategies for Solera Networks, which sells network monitoring tools. The study queried more than 200 security professionals about their organization's ability to detect and deal with advanced, persistent threats. Such threats often use combinations of attacks to sneak past existing security defenses. "We have seen a shift in the type of threats organizations are having to deal with," said Peter Schlampp, VP of marketing and product management at Solera Networks, in a statement. "Opportunistic theft and vandalism on networks is being replaced with targeted, multi-component, persistent attacks focused on specific systems and assets. Results of the study clearly show that most organizations are ill prepared to prevent and respond to these incidents." [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Wed Nov 17 2010 - 03:00:46 PST
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