MISSI N CR TICAL
CYBERSECURITY IS
Future business leaders must be prepared to defend against threats to the vital information infrastructures of their organizations.
A 36 July/August 2012 BizEd BY WILLIAM PERRY
ttacks on the confidential information resources of business organizations are on the rise—truly serious data breaches are increasing at an alarming rate. Only recently, Sony lost the personal and confidential informa- tion of more than 77 million of its customers. The U.S. Pentagon's information infrastructure was penetrated when malicious attackers deliberately left infected USB drives in the parking lot and other locations. Delighted with their finds, employees who picked up the flash drives inserted them into their workstations, allowing attackers free access to information "protected" behind a network firewall. Hundreds of such attacks, against thousands of companies, have cost businesses, organizations, and individuals millions of dollars.
