Global sourcing and supply chain management are among the next steps. Protecting Your Assets. Recent network breaches at University of Washington Medical Center and Microsoft have people looking more closely at their security profiles. Abbie Lundberg , Editor in Chief of CIO magazine, joined PSC at the October meeting to examine the trends, threats, and survival techniques surrounding security. Like the hacker who downloaded files from the Medical Center, hackers are searching the Internet for sites with poor security.
Hackers use the Internet and technical tools for probes and scans to find the weakest link.
Ninety percent of attacks are attributable to ease of access. However, geo-political and social threats are more commonplace than in previous years, and they are becoming more prevalent. Activists are utilizing the Internet's widespread capabilities to disseminate their message and act-out their personal frustrations. In October, amid tensions in the Middle East, angry Palestine supporters defaced the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee's Web site. However, the internal threat is still the biggest concern.