Debate: The recent arrests of cybercriminals will drive others to think twice before launching attacks.
Edy Almer, VP, marketing & business development, Safend
Cyberthreats are on the rise, and while security technology and policies have significantly improved, so have the attackers' focus and tools. Many organizations, including some of the leading security vendors, such as RSA, Kaspersky, Comodo and others, recently have been breached. To many it may appear that we are losing to the hackers, as defense lines fall one after the other. However, the success of defense contractor Northrop-Grumman to withstand continuous attacks, as well as the recent arrests of international hackers, point out that even if attackers manage to get through a company's defenses, they inevitably leave behind a forensically acceptable digital trail. If one has a decent forensic collection tool in place, law enforcement and governments around the world are cooperating more fully to track attackers and bring them to justice. Highly publicized cases, like TJX and others, should serve as a deterrent, and remind would-be hackers that cybercrime, in the end, does not pay.
Rich Baich, principal, Deloitte & Touche
