The government is increasingly concerned about the threats posed by hackers to commerce and national security. Bob Ayers, director of ParaProtect, an IT security company, and the former chief information-warfare officer at the US defence department, agreed that the internal threat was a great one. He added that it is impossible to make more than 90 percent of any system secure. Ayers said firms should concentrate on detecting breaches and reacting to them. Vulnerabilities could arise in so many ways that it is impossible to guard against them all, said Ayers.
Problems often occur when software is acquired without access rights to source code.
Typical changes would be the addition of a patch or a new version of software, or the changing of a user's password. Outsourcing of security would be the best option for many firms for financial as well as security reasons, recommended Ayers. Have your say instantly, and see what others have said. Let the editors know what you think in the Mailroom . And read what others have said.