Cyber Terrorism on the Rise for 2009

With the ever increasing economic turmoil ravishing the US and the rest of the world, cyber terrorism has now grown to a national security scale.  According to this article, picked up by MSNBC, Hackers are now more desperate and determined to exploit the ever growing number of vulnerabilities in Websites and Web applications in 2009. 

Research conducted by Cenzic and others estimate that about 7,000 vulnerabilities will be reported for 2008. Of these, over 70 percent are related to Web applications and over 65 percent easily exploitable. Similar results are expected in 2009, proving that the United States is not prepared for a direct cyber terrorist attack.

This news is so important, it was even picked up by MSNBC.   

How will you protect your data against hackers?  There are a lot of options out there, but remember that network security and SSL solutions won’t work, as you need to check for security defects at the Web application level.  At the risk of sounding bias, we recommend you take a look at Cenzic’s offerings to guard your Website against hacker attacks.  What do you have to lose?

Have a safe and Happy New Year.
Erin Swanson
Eswanson@cenzic.com