LAS VEGAS, Symantec Vision 2013 – April 16, 2013
Symantec Corp.’s (Nasdaq: SYMC) Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 18 (ISTR) today revealed a 42 percent surge during 2012 in targeted attacks compared to the prior year.
Designed to steal intellectual property, these targeted cyberespionage attacks are increasingly hitting the manufacturing sector as well as small businesses, which are the target of 31 percent of these attacks.
Small businesses are attractive targets themselves and a way in to ultimately reach larger companies via “watering hole” techniques.
===> In addition, consumers remain vulnerable to ransomware and mobile threats, particularly on the Android platform. <===
There has been a lot of talk both in the U.S. and internationally about a shortage in skilled IT professionals - with a predicted 864,000 IT vacancies in Europe alone by 2015.
What are these skills that organizations are looking for? This infographic by via resource highlights the top skills that make a successful information security professional and skills the future workforce will need to tackle emerging threats.
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet?tag=Infographic
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Infographi
- http://www.scoop.it/t/ict-security-tools
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