http://www.cso.com.au/article/433128/crowdstrike_boss_explains_offensive_security_targeted_attacks/ By Liam Tung CSO Online (Australia) 09 August, 2012 Data forensics are not enough for security pros looking to fend off targeted attacks, according to CrowdStrike chief and co-founder George Kurtz, who says companies want to take the fight to the adversary. Defence, detection and details are not enough, Kurtz tells CSO.com.au, claiming companies are increasingly demanding “deception, denial, disruption”. “They’re moving more into the government mindset of deception,” says Kurtz, pointing to a hypothetical theft of the Northrop Grumman’s B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber designs. “Somebody breaks in and steals the plans, but if the plans are wrong and the thing doesn’t fly, think about the cost of that. Think about the scratching of the head that happens when you have that thing and ask ‘Was it real or was it a decoy’?” Kurtz is among those that fear the nation’s intellectual property is slowly but surely being drained by Chinese Government sponsored hackers, hell bent on undermining the US’s technological edge. [...]Received on Wed Aug 08 2012 - 22:27:14 PDT
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