BIT9 Cyber Security Report

THE GLOBAL LEADER IN ADVANCED THREAT PROTECTION   2012 BIT9 CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH REPORT   DOMAIN CONTROLLERS: THE TARGET OF CHOICE   RICHARD CLARKE DISCUSSES APPLICATION WHITELISTING   BIT9 PARITY SUITE: MOVING BEYOND A POROUS PERIMETER   IOS, FACEBOOK AND DROPBOX: RECIPE FOR IP THEFT? Welcome Nurul, to the Bit9 Cyber Security Brief. With the increasing urgency of understanding and addressing cyber threats, we've created this security briefing. It includes the latest industry research reports, featured videos, webcasts, customer stories and more to keep you up-to-date on the industry and the solutions we provide to protect organizations from cyber attacks. Here's our latest resources: 2012 BIT9 CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH REPORT In March and April of 2012, Bit9 conducted an online survey of nearly 3,000 IT and security professionals worldwide. Survey participants work in companies across a wide range of industries, as well as in government agencies. The majority of the respondents (66%) work in organizations with more than 500 employees. Click here to read what IT and security professionals, like you, foresee about the changing nature of cyber attacks and how it will affect organizations and their IT infrastructure. DOMAIN CONTROLLERS: THE TARGET OF CHOICE Bit9 has seen a 150 percent year-over-year increase in the number of attacks on domain controllers. Attackers, largely nation states and cyber criminals, are after corporate intellectual property (IP)—everything from chemical formulas and vaccines to military data and source code—all valuable competitive information. Rather than attacking directly the servers that house such information, advanced persistent attackers are targeting domain controllers so as to gain access to all information repositories and systems within the company. Read this Bit9 Threat Advisor to learn how to proactively secure your IP. RICHARD CLARKE DISCUSSES APPLICATION WHITELISTING Richard Clarke, former white house security advisor and leading advocate against cyber espionage and its influence on corporate markets, offers critical insight about cyber security few others can. In this video, Mr. Clarke discusses the growth of industrial espionage and spear phishing and sheds light on exactly why antivirus solutions fail to protect. The solution he maintains to prevent this threat is application whitelisting as it is the only way to stop the advanced persistent threat. Watch this video and learn why Richard Clarke recommends Bit9 and why he joined our Board of Directors. BIT9 PARITY SUITE: MOVING BEYOND A POROUS PERIMETER Enterprise IT security based on anti-virus (AV) software, firewalls, and "in motion" intrusion detection/intrusion prevention systems (IDS/IPS) are demonstrably ineffective. A class of cyber attacks today is more targeted, sophisticated, and stealthy. In 2011, data breaches alone cost the enterprise an average of $5.5 million. Are you prepared for such attacks? Read this whitepaper which illustrates why deploying Bit9 Parity Suite extends threat detection to endpoints and provides the information the Security Information and Event Management system requires to live up to its full potential. IOS, FACEBOOK AND DROPBOX: RECIPE FOR IP THEFT? Mobile computing… It's the Wild West of IT security, and this untouched land presents complicated new challenges to security professionals. Recently, a security flaw was discovered for iOS smartphone users who used the mobile apps Facebook, Dropbox, and LinkedIn. It was previously thought that these apps only presented vulnerabilities to users with “jailbroken” iOS devices, but further evidence by security researcher Gareth Wright suggests otherwise. Read this blog and join in the cyber conversation today. Feel free to contact me directly if you'd like to learn how Bit9 can help you alleviate your cyber security challenges. Best regards, Tony Tony Shadrake | Director of EMEA Sales Bit9 | The Global Leader in Advanced Threat Protection Desk 44 (0) 7810 200958 | tshadrake@bit9.com