IT Security in 2012 : Are you Ready?

Emerging trends and threats in 2012

This fully-referenced Hot Shot is the first in a series of snapshots of hot security issues summarised in a few pages. This one:

Reviews the major IT security incidents in 2011
Outlines the key lessons from 2011
Focuses the crystal ball on the emerging threats in 2012 like hacktivism, as well as:
o Increasing mobility of knowledge workers and of access by remote workers;
o Blurring of boundaries between home and work, and the risks of social networking;
o Cyber attacks targeting selected users with spear-phishing campaigns;
o Increasing adoption of cloud computing, and the associated risks;
o Lingering threat to critical public infrastructure from Stuxnet clones;
Provides practical prevention suggestions.

Key terms and topics addressed in this Hot Shot:

• Cyber war, cyber crime, Advanced Persistent Threats (APT), spear-phishing, custom Trojan;
• Data breach, data protection, enterprise security, Security Information & Event Management (SIEM)
• smart phones, tablets, mobile device security, cloud computing, IT security;
• Social media, social networking, mobile computing, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD);
• Heirs of Stuxnet, national critical infrastructure.

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