Vigilinx's Kennis stresses that a company which has all the technologies in place but ignores setting up processes will be operating like a police officer who carries a gun without any bullets. Without all three layers you don't have a good working security posture. Learning How to Share by Pim Kennis Logical security, much like physical security, will always be a game of cops and robbers. The one thing that will help overall security is information sharing and intelligence gathering. Unfortunately, it will take a radical shift in the way the corporate world deals with these incidents.
Companies are still reluctant to admit to having someone break into their network.
In my mind, this change is unlikely to happen. So for now, all we can do is work on creating smarter intrusion detection devices. Devices that will integrate the whole suite of security products, combined with intelligence gathering to better understand the threat, will create a safer Internet. If I know who is going to attack my network and how, I have a much better chance of keeping the attacker out. It s all about understanding the threat and knowing your enemy.