dennis mccafferty

  Dennis McCafferty of CIO Insight recently did a two part overview on Enterprise Security Risks and in part 2 he talked about the hottest security catch phrase of 2010 – Advanced Persistent Threat (APT). According to the overview, an Advanced Persistent Threat is an insidious attack by a well-funded, state-sponsored intelligence organization.  The overview goes on to describe how APT attackers are more patient than a bored Gen Y hacker or financially motivated crook. They are willing to slowly gather information and data from multiple sources and social media sites and then execute a targeted, social-engineering attack on their terms. Are bad guys out-thinkingRead More →