It is more than 25 years since the first PC viruses appeared. Over time, the nature of the threat has changed significantly. Today’s threats faced by businesses are more complex than ever before.
In Kaspersky’s 2013 Global IT Risks Survey, the IT security provider found that new technology – leading to new ways of working – were of most concern to IT managers. Mobility, use of personal devices at work (BYOD) and social media in the work place were the top three concerns.
The big trends included:
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Mobility/BYOD: ubiquitous mobility and increasing consumerisation in the business environment means a typical end-user community is now mobile.
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Cloud: accessing company data via the cloud from an increasing variety of devices puts strain on IT security.
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Virtualisation: increasing use of virtualised environments to reduce cost and increase flexibility creates specific areas of IT security complexity.
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Social media: employee use of social media in itself is rarely an issue, but cybercriminals are increasingly using the ‘openness’ of people’s behaviour on these sites to gain access to valuable data.
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