A guide to staying secure amidst growing threats and the expanding digital universe

Today more than ever, IT security teams are challenged by the growing sophistication and volume of cyber attacks on businesses, governments, individuals and infrastructures. IT professionals see a steady increase in the types and number of malicious Web site infections and botnet activity. Exposure grows daily with more elaborate phishing, pharming and Trojan attacks perpetrated by both external and internal online fraudsters.

Risk of IP theft increases as businesses share information with individuals and partners across the globe - often through devices that are personally owned yet connected to corporate devices.

At the same time, compliance requirements, based on international controls and standards, are becoming more stringent. CIO Magazine^2 estimates that IT professionals spend as much as 20% of their time devoted to compliance. Yet people continue to take pictures, send e-mail, blog, and post videos. Companies keep adding to their data warehouses. And governments are requiring that more information be retained. With the digital universe continuing its exponential growth - by a factor of almost five over the next four years - IT and security teams will remain highly pressured.

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