But large organizations with a high profile and major economic responsibility have to prepare for the added complexity of determining whether a post-010100 security event is a real attack or a Y2K glitch that gives the appearance of a security violation. What about the next Monday, January 10, 2000. Assumptions will not help. Disruption of society. Many professionals believe strongly that malicious hacker-types will likely try to wage various attacks against companies.
Criminologists expect a wide number of attacks whose pure goal is financial profit.
What this means is that companies must increase their security vigilance and become even more sensitive to security-relevant events. Under the premise that increased attacks might occur, you may want to set a higher degree of sensitivity on your access control mechanisms. Instead of three failed password attempts, perhaps you might go to two attempts for a while. You may want to restrict certain behaviors, especially with regards to the Internet, until you feel your security posture is stable. Viruses are getting nastier and nastier.