Today's business pace relies on complex networks and technologies to carry out corporate strategies. Global economies and time zone-indifferent enterprises mandate anywhere-anytime access to information and communications.
In 2006 software vulnerabilities spiked 39%1. What used to be nuisance attacks have become major, organized cybercrime. Not only can't all exploits be stopped with a firewall, 78% of IT executives surveyed report insider breaches2. And performance issues have cost companies both money and customers. Late or failed software projects impact time-to-market and productivity.
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1 Internet Security Trends Report
2 Ponemon Institute
Jon Swartz, USA Today's award-winning technology reporter and Pulitzer Prize nominee, is the guest on the 25th episode of The Silver Bullet Security Podcast. They discuss Jon's new book, Zero Day Threat: The Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your Money and Identity and the research that went into writing it. Gary and Jon also cover how cybercrime is driven by capitalist principals, why the general public's attitude is so lax about software security, and how, even though it's hard to get an accurate count of identity theft instances, they tend to show a sharp upward trend. Jon ends the episode by disclosing his secret dream career.