http://www.cso.com.au/article/400672/infosec_mega_marketing_misalignment_mishap Stilgherrian CSO Online (Australia) 13 September, 2011 Talk about disconnect! Analysts, security engineers and other infosec geeks aim for Swiss-watch precision, because one little mistake means the bad guys win. We want people to take this seriously, right? So why do certain marketing and PR departments spread a load of what my father, a man more polite than me, would have called "bulldust"? Yeah, I'm lookin' at you, Symantec. Not just you. We see dodgy cybercrime factoids every week. But you, Symantec, most certainly win this month's inaugural Big Bit Bucket of Bull Award for the buffalo-grade bovine blather of your 2011 Norton Cybercrime Report. It's not even half-way through the month yet, sure, but by God it'll take some beating. If the full report, with media-friendly factoids aplenty, is all a bit too tl;dr don't worry. Our news stories gave the flavour. Last year cybercrime claimed 431 million adult victims and cost $US114 billion, apparently. It's in the same league as the global trade in illegal drugs, says Symantec. Orly? [...] _____________________________________________________________ Register now for the #HITB2011KUL - Asia's premier deep-knowledge network security event now in it's 9th year! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2011kul/Received on Thu Sep 15 2011 - 02:13:38 PDT
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