In a world besieged by criminal hackers, we'll take all the good security news we can get. Here are six advances that can improve your defenses
In the
spirit of the Olympics, it's time to celebrate our hard-won computer security defense advancements.
Given the endless stream of news about embarrassing hacks and data breaches, I can see why you might be skeptical. The fact is tens of millions of computers are currently exploited, nearly every company is owned, and those that aren't could be.
But I'm here to report from the front lines: It could be worse! Security is slowly moving in the right direction. We have lots to be thankful for.
[h=3]1. Broad solutions versus whack-a-mole[/h] Nothing gets under my skin more than a new computer security solution that targets specific threats.
We already have the granddaddy of individual threat detection: antivirus scanners. After decades of using them, we've learned what they excel at (detecting older threats) and what they do poorly (detecting new threats). Unfortunately, the sheer quantity of new threats keeps rising. Some antimalware vendors now claim tens of millions of individual malware programs are created each month.
