Think Your Network is Secure? Think again: Trend Micro Security Assessment eBook

IN THE LAST
FEW YEARS,
THE INTERNET
SECURITY
ENVIRONMENT
HAS CHANGED
DRAMATICALLY.Conventional security solutions are struggling to
protect against today's increasingly targeted malware
attacks. In this eBook, Trend Micro will give an
overview of current malware behavior and present
an opportunity for you to measure the performance
of your current security infrastructure.
Want to know if malware has infiltrated your systems?
Trend Micro can tell you.THE DANGEROUS
EVOLUTION OF THREATS-
THE TARGET IS YOU.
"70% of SMEs Not long ago, a standard threat might be a virusenter 2009 with delivered in the form of an email attachment. networks at risk of a security breach, These viruses often led to wide-spread outbreaks,
and 57% of IT but they were simplistic in nature. The motive was managers are not often fame or notoriety, and the goal was usuallyconfident that their organization knows to disrupt or take down systems. Regular pattern
the state of every updates typically eliminated the problem.endpoint that connects to their Today's threats, however, are targeted, network." multi-dimensional, coordinated attacks that are
Market Wire particularly dangerous because they are specifically December 2008 designed to go undetected while they systematically
steal confidential and sensitive data. Targeted attacks
are stealthily deployed in a variety of forms including
mobile devices such as USB sticks, zero day
exploits, phishing messages, and easily exploitable
technologies such as P2P or instant messaging. DATA-STEALING MALWARE
HAS DEVASTATING
CONSEQUENCES
Motivated by substantial profits, highly sophisticated "The most damaging
cybercriminals are outsmarting conventional security incidents are targeted attacks, solutions by deploying hard to detect, targeted, which tend to use information-stealing malware that can result in: custom-crafted malware in multi- . loss of sensitive customer and corporate data stage attacks. . downtime, reduced productivity, loss of revenue Targeted attacks . costly clean up are a much higher
. damage to your company reputation risk to the bottom line." . diminished customer loyalty
. exposure to litigation John PescatoreAnalyst, GartnerThis new breed of malware is often designed to target June 2008
login credentials, online banking information, or credit
card and associated personal information that can be
easily converted to cash, but your corporate informa-
tion and intellectual property are also at risk. Once the
cybercriminal infiltrates your network, your company's
sensitive data can be quickly dispersed to organized
criminal networks around the world. CYBER CRIMINALS
GET PERSONAL
"Cyber attacks are More and more, cybercriminals are leveraging the not new, but what abundance of personal and corporate information is changing is the found in social networking sites, corporate websites, motivation behind them. They are no or via searches to bypass security mechanisms with
longer just executed targeted "backdoor" attacks. For example, cybercrim-by hackers for hobby inals are developing new Instant Messenger attack or cybervandilism, methods that persuade unsuspecting employees to but by professionals with a targeted aim open a new, seemingly innocuous IM message that
at one person, pops up on their screen. With one click of the mouse, one company or their system is infected.one industry."
Amrit WilliamsResearch DirectorGartner
YOUR ENTRY POINTS
MIGHT BE SECURE, BUT
IS YOUR BACKDOOR SAFE?
Further increasing your vulnerability, your network
can be easily compromised by backdoor attacks
that cause employees to accidentally infect the
network from within: . Increasing numbers of mobile and remote users
regularly compromise corporate networks when they
connect to your network from inside or via VPN
from an infected machine
. Recent malware leverages portable
mass storage devices such as USB sticks
. Increased usage of easily exploited technologies
such as P2P,... [download for more]