Fergie's Tech Blog

Defenseless on The Net

Keith Epstein writes on BusinessWeek:

During the Middle Ages walls became less of a barrier. Soldiers would simply set up a catapult-like device known as a trebuchet. This enabled them to fling hundred-pound projectiles and disease-conveying corpses over supposedly impenetrable fortifications. Never mind how competently the 12th century's security professionals routinely patched and updated their fortress exteriors, invaders got in.

Today, rapidly evolving cyber espionage threats, state-sponsored hackers, and other Internet miscreants are bounding over the best modern protections consumers, corporations, and governments can set up. The situation is providing a steady source of revenue—in the many billions of dollars—for the essential products and services of computer and network security firms.

posted by Fergie @ 4/16/2008 12:24:00 PM