APT threat growing: Report

BANGALORE, INDIA:  A number of organizations are now facing a whole new category of threats or advanced persistant threats (APT). The target of the APT attacks include both governments and industry across the globe finds the 8th Security for Business Innovation Council (SBIC) report.

There are inherent weaknesses in enterprise IT and ineffective approaches to information security are putting organizations at risk. To combat advanced persistent threats, government agencies and corporations must work to overcome their current reluctance to share information and build communities of trust, said Vincent Goh, vice president of Asia Pacific, RSA, who released the report here on Thursday.

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He added that there is a growing  realization that confronting advanced persistent threats calls for a whole new doctrine of defense.

The report observers that keeping pace with the digital arms race requires constantly re-evaluating your position against the threats and adapting your information-security strategies. Intelligence gathering has become an essential core competency for every security team. For many organizations, contending with APTs will also demand cultural changes. The  information-security strategies must take into account that no organization is impenetrable and instead focus on  protecting what matters most. The executive leadership must make a commitment to an ongoing effort
and the general user population has to take on real responsibilities for information security.

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In today’s threat landscape, an organization cannot sit in isolation and expect to be able to
defend itself. Global organizations need to participate on a national and even international scale. The
result would bring benefits for  individual organizations as well as improve security overall for public and private sectors, the report said.

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