As a follow up to my blog post from yesterday, I noticed that the Internet security vendor Websense also released a report on the state of Internet security [PDF] that largely confirms the SANS report discussed previously. The two take-away quotes that I found most interesting were: “61 percent of the top 100 sites either hosted malicious content or contained a masked redirect to lure unsuspecting victims from legitimate sites to malicious sites.” and “With their large user base, good reputations ......
There are glimmers of good news to be found in the newly published SANS report on The Top Cyber Security Risks which is an exhaustive survey of attack data collected from the intrusion prevention systems of over 6000 organizations. But the report reveals how gaps in organizational security policies lead directly to an avalanche of critical weaknesses in the IT infrastructure. As a result, this report should be considered a must read for anyone involved in information security. On the client side, ......