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IT Oracles predicts what is to come in 2013

It’s the time of year again when IT security experts predict what the year will bring.

.Justin Coker, VP of EMEA Markets, Skybox Security, predicts:

Tasked with ensuring the success of business-changing IT initiatives from mobile and BYOD to virtualization and cloud services, IT security is finding that existing security controls and processes create complexity instead of reducing risks. At the same time, highly publicized breaches and new forms of attacks have raised awareness of the business impact of cyber threats to the board level. It’s time to reinvent your security approach – here are our 2013 predictions.

: HANNAH RAFFERTY; InfoSecurity; Posted On Wednesday, 16 January 2013 14:28

Avecto says latest Java zero-day – and future issues - can easily be solved

MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM: Commenting on the active hacker exploitation of the latest Java zero-day vulnerability - which has already been included in the BlackHole and Cool Exploit kits - Avecto says this is an IT security disaster in progress, as there is currently no patch available for the problem.

: REGINE HARTMANN; InfoSecurity; Posted On Wednesday, 16 January 2013 14:21

Prolexic witnessed another of record growth...revenue increased 63% and bookings up 97% in 2012

Significant investments in staffing, R&D and infrastructure to accommodate growth

HOLLYWOOD, FL: Prolexic Technologies, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation services, has announced that it delivered another year of record growth in 2012.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; InfoSecurity; Posted On Wednesday, 16 January 2013 14:13

Businesses welcome BYOD for the operational cost savings and user experience

Acceptance of “Bring Your Own Device” means companies must get to grips with Cloud and Application Security

London: Company policies supporting Bring Your Own Device are being widely embraced as a win-win initiative that improves employees’ experience and reduces IT costs, according to results released today of the (ISC)2® 2013 Global Information Security Workforce Study, conducted on behalf of the (ISC)2 Foundation by the analyst firm Frost & Sullivan. At the same time, information security managers admit that companies must do more to understand the security of the technologies behind the trend, particularly for cloud-based systems and applications.