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2010 CyberSecurity Watch Survey: Cybercrime Increasing Faster Than Some Company Defenses
January 26, 2010 -- Cybercrime threats posed to targeted organizations are increasing faster than many organizations can combat them, according to the "2010 CyberSecurity Watch Survey." It found that multiple attacks occurring within larger organizations and insiders remain most costly threat. Moreover, the survey suggests the threat of cybercrime is heightened by current security models that are only minimally effective against cyber criminals.

Innovation's Share of IT Budget Reduced by 50% Since 1999
January 21, 2010 -- A new study by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney, "Delivering Technology Innovations," finds that while industry leaders overwhelmingly acknowledge the value of IT as an important strategic differentiator, investment in IT innovation misses target levels more than 75% of the time. Moreover, although innovation accounted for 30% of the average IT budget in 1999, it has fallen to less than half of that -- 14% -- in the subsequent ten years.

2010 Cyberthreat Forecast from Kaspersky Lab
December 17, 2009 -- When asked about what will happen in 2009, a rise in global epidemics was at the top of Kaspersky Lab's prediction list. With the year not quite having closed out, Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of Internet threat management solutions that protect against all forms of malicious software, has already seen that prediction to be true. 2009 was dominated by sophisticated malicious programs with rootkit functionality, Conficker, web attacks and botnets, SMS fraud and attacks on social networks. With the start of 2010 quickly approaching, researchers and analysts from Kaspersky Lab have come up with a list of six predictions for what will be the New Year's greatest threats and newest attack vectors.

Cloud Security Alliance Issues Version Two of Guidance Identifying Key Practices for Secure Adoption of Cloud Computing
December 17, 2009 -- The Cloud Security Alliance issued the second version of its Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing, Version 2.1. The whitepaper outlines key issues and provides advice for both Cloud Computing customers and providers within 13 strategic domains. Version 2.1 provides more concise and actionable guidance across all domains, and encompasses knowledge gained from real world deployments over the past six months in this fast moving area.

Symantec Releases December State of Spam and State of Phishing Reports
December 14, 2009 -- Symantec released its December 2009 reports on the State of Spam and the State of Phishing. Highlights from the State of Spam Report include 2009 Year in Review plus holiday spam and H1N1 flu spam. Highlights from the State of Phishing Report reports an observed 6 percent decrease from the previous month in all phishing attacks; 25 percent of phishing URLs were generated using phishing toolkits, which is a decrease of 24 percent from the previous month; and that more than 122 Web hosting services were used, which accounted for 10 percent of all phishing attacks,; an increase of 16 percent in total Web host URLs when compared to the previous month.

December 8 -- Industrialized Hacking Heads Top 5 Data Security Trends

December 2 -- GAO: DHS's Progress and Challenges in Key Areas of Maritime, Aviation, and Cybersecurity