Computer Security Incidents
Computer security increasingly important
- More sophisticated tools for breaking in
- Viruses, worms, credit card theft, identity theft leave firms with liabilities to customers
Incidents are escalating at increasing rate
Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) was formed at Carnegie Mellon University with US DoD support
- responds and raises awareness of computer security issues, www.cert.org
Worldwide annual information security losses may be $2 trillion