Security Case

Description
From the blog of ZDNet, the Chief Marketing Officer from Fortinet forecasted the major threats for 2007. Most of the threats related with “Deny of Services” (DoS) attack. DoS attack can block the online services even create an opportunity to trigger the vulnerability. Once hacker gained the administrative privilege, the system even the whole network can be compromised in quiet.

Suggested Solutions
1. 100% growth in revenue for cyber crime: RSA SecurID, Tripware Auditing Tool

2. DDoS in support of phishing attacks: McAfee IntruShield (Network IPS), BlueCoat ProxySG, Barracuda Spam Firewall, Symantec Mail Security

3. Successful DDoS attack against a financial services firm: McAfee IntruShield (Network IPS), Symantec Critical System Protection, McAfee Host IPS

4. Attacks against DNS are the threat of the year: Nokia-CheckPoint Firewall with AI, SonicWALL with SGSS

5. No abatement in identity theft: DynamicCode

6. More attacks against wireless networks: BlueSocket Wireless Controller, 3Com Wireless Management, AirTight Wireless IPS, Airospace

7. MySpace grows up and gets secure: BlueCoat ProxySG, Finjan AntiVirus Gateway

8. YouTube abuse threatens site: BlueCoat ProxySG, WebSense Proxy Server, SurfControl Proxy Server

9. Network infrastructure shows signs of overloading: Allot NetEnforcer, Packeteer, Riverbed WAN Acceleration

10. Spread of Windows Vista will have zero impact on the overall threatscape: McAfee VirusScan Enterprise, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition

Source
ZdNet