Network Security: Websites under attack

Network security is still a strong driver for IT spending in India, as security does not cease, not even during recession. In fact, during a recession, companies view security as even more important due to the increased market competition and blended threat scape.

The large spike of activity observed between September-November 2009 was a familiar trend to that of 2008, when the first large wave of scareware hit cyber space. Scareware was also a major component detected during this wave in 2009, though overall volume had significantly increased to record levels over 2008.

As we are already in 2010, the rest of the year should see organizations focusing well on security, as the recent security attacks in the world (with a recent dose of Gumblar attacks in Japan) do echo a strong need for both the private and public sectors looking back at their security set-up. Security, particularly network security, is one fundamental area of technology that enterprises and governments alike cannot neglect.

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