Internet Security Threat Report, by Symantec

Internet Security Threat Report is available from Symantec’s Threat Landscape page. Direct link to the report seems to be this.

Information sources:

  • Symantec Global Intelligence Network
  • Vulnerability database
  • Symantec Probe Network
  • Antifraud community

The figure below is an extract from their 2011 in numbers page.

ThreatReport2011

Some selected observations from the report:

  • Targeted Attacks, Cyber Espionage And Business
    • it’s no longer only the CEOs and senior level staff. 58% of the attacks are going to people in other job functions such as Sales, HR, Executives Assistants, and Media/Public Relations
  • 232 Million Identities Stolen

The report summarizes also Best Practise guidelines for business, for example

  • Defense-In-Depth
  • Monitor
  • Secure Your Websites
  • Use Encryption
  • Data Loss Prevention
  • Removable Media Policy
  • Password Policy
  • Educate Users
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