InfoWorld - Security Adviser: Prepare for advanced persistent threats, or risk being the next RSA

Google, Dupont, and Walt Disney have been hit by advanced persistent threats -- don't let your company be next

By Roger A. Grimes
March 22, 2011

Just a few years ago, the media was publishing daily stories about website defacements or even bank theft. How I wish for those halcyon days. Now APT (advanced persistent threat) attacks are grabbing media attention on a near-weekly basis -- and IT security teams must take heed and prepare.

The APT attackers are not stealing money or passwords, even when they break into banks. They are stealing information. In a nutshell, APT attackers aim to take all valuable intellectual property from the victim and transfer it to their home safe harbor country, either to use for competitive advantage or for profit.

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