Twenty-Four Seven Security

It seems that the security industry is at an interesting juncture, as it's been around long enough to have frightened pretty much everyone, and like anyone or anything that tries to play on your fears too long, it becomes downright annoying. Yep, I think the security industry is at its annoying stage.

Companies are annoyed at having to spend money to fend off risk after risk, only to find out they're still at risk, and consumers are annoyed that companies can't seem to get their act together and stop losing their damn data.

But the big problem is that there is one person who remains unannoyed and unafraid: yep, that's the hacker. Now I'm no expert in military doctrine, but it seems to me that one of the better times to attack your adversary is when they are annoyed, as that's when they've begun to lose their focus.

All the more reason we need to regain our security focus. And an excellent way to do that is by signing up for this Wednesday's 'Threatscape 2008,' hosted by Mike Rothman right here at ebizQ. If you needed any more proof that hackers are dreaming up whole news ways to attack your network, just sign up for it right here.