Tackling unknown threats
Joe B. Goldberg · Network Security · 2014
As organisations across the world embrace online channels to market, the bad guys of the Internet are being rewarded with more avenues in which to breach businesses. Open networks, online payment portals and even point of sale (POS) devices are leaving organisations open to more advanced and persistent threats. Such threats are coming from hacktivists, cyber-criminals, malicious insiders, and nation states. Aided by speed, persistence and smarts, they adeptly penetrate an organisation and exfiltrate confidential data without alerting traditional security software tools.