From:Technorati

Author: Jayson DeMers

As the world watches what will prove to be the largest bank robbery in history unfold – cyber criminals were able to steal more than $45 million from banks all over the world – many see a problem far bigger than missing money. This is an attack that the world had never seen before and something that makes authorities very nervous.

Police are calling this attack “unlimited” as hundreds of associates were able to target victims in 26 countries and drain ATMs as well as turn some of the largest corporations in the world into victims. There were two attacks, the first was in December and walked away with more than $5 million USD. Then, in February, the hacked American credit giants Visa and Mastercard, pulling down a hefty $40 million USD. The relative ease and anonymity of these attacks highlights the need for increased cyber security at every level of society.

Evolution of a Battlefield

There are thousands of ways to launching a cyber attack also drive up the price of cyber defense: stealing passwords, accessing confidential data (such as account balances, e-mail addresses, etc.), even attempts to outright control a system all mean that there’s no ‘one size fits all’ cyber security solution. Additionally, there are thousands of new viruses and worms developed on a daily basis, making cyber security an extremely volatile market.

There’s no one program that can make an organization completely safe from every form of hacking or infiltration. The company with the best protection is one that has multiple layers of security on multiple fronts, to stymie every combination of attack from a would-be hacker.

This, naturally, is easier said than done, and it is a lot more expensive, too.

Safe and Sound

Inconvenient as the new procedures will undoubtedly be, especially in the beginning while technology is advancing, there’s one group of people who won’t mind at all – the security industry, which not only deals with the design and production of metal detectors and hand-held wands, but also bolstering cyber security for companies from a local small business to Facebook and nationwide banks.

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