Vendor Security Will Be an Increasing Challenge for Overworked IT Security Teams in 2015 FierceITSecurity (12/23/14) Donovan, Fred Last years breach of customer data at Target demonstrated the cyber security vulnerabilities that exist around vendors and other third parties, and the Information Security Forums Steve Durbin says 2015 is likely to be the year enterprises have to reckon with the these vulnerabilities. He says vulnerabilities exist all along the supply chain and among any number of service providers. Third parties—including accountants, lawyers, not just traditional members of the supply chain—are all going to come under increased pressure from targeted attacks because they all access information of interest to attackers, says Durbin, who believes four other areas will remain important in 2014. First is cybercrime, with criminals bringing more and more sophisticated resources to bear in their criminal campaigns. Second is regulation, with governments around the world seeking to exert greater control over cybersecurity issues, not always with useful results. Third is bring-your-own-device, which Durbin expects to accelerate and broaden, with employees bringing more and different kinds of devices into the workplace. Durbin calls manpower the fourth area, noting insufficient numbers of workers with the skills needed to combat modern threats will continue to be a major problem and obstacle to properly securing enterprise systems in 2015.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 23:40:03 +0000
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