The crux and the myth — breaches in security vendor websites
Aditya K. Sood · Computer Fraud & Security · 2009
The security business model revolves around security entities and those security service providers that ensure implementation of secured mechanisms in every aspect of deployment. But how mature are those businesses' own security models? We will evaluate various instances of breaches in security companies and how they occur. The world has seen a number of cases like Kaspersky, F-Secure, a reseller for BitDefender, and so on. There are a number of cases that have not been released publicly. Why is this happening, and what is the root cause?