Cybercrime: The 2009 megathreat
Date: December 19, 2008Source: COMPUTERWORLD
We selected the following megatrends for this study based on input from a panel of experts in IT security. They are cloud computing, virtualization, mobility and mobile devices, cybercrime, outsourcing to third parties, data breaches and the risk of identity theft, peer-to-peer file sharing, and Web 2.0.
The study examined the risks posed by megatrends that exist today and how the risk will change over the next 12 to 24 months. According to an overwhelming 77% of experts in IT security responding to our survey, cybercrime will become a "high" or "very high" risk over the next 12 to 24 months.
The selection of cybercrime as the megatrend most likely to be a high or very high risk in the next 12 to 24 months can be partly based on the fact that 92% of respondents to our study reported that their companies have experienced a cyberattack. The biggest security risk associated with cybercrime is that such an attack will cause a business interruption followed by the theft of customer and employee data.
Data Breaches and Outsourcing Risks Continue
Data breaches and outsourcing are forecast to remain at the same level of risk. IT security practitioners continue to worry about data breaches because, according to our study, only 16% are very confident or confident that current security practices are able to prevent customer and employee data from being lost or stolen. Therefore, it is understandable why the majority of respondents in IT security believe that data breaches will continue to pose a high and very high security threat to their organizations.
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