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FishNet Security Survey Reveals that Cloud Computing Will Replace Social Networks as the number 2 cyberthreat within the Next Two Years

Marketwire September 2, 2010

Mobile Computing Will Remain Number 1 Security Threat, Enterprises Will Purchase More Firewalls Than Any Other Leading Security Technology in 2010

KANSAS CITY, MO--(Marketwire - September 2, 2010) - FishNet Security, the nation's leading provider of information security solutions that combine technology, services, support and training, today announced the results of its 2010 IT security trends and spending survey. The survey polled IT employees from over 450 Fortune 1000 enterprises via an independent online service. Results of the survey revealed that C-level executives and security practitioners believe that the top three computing sources that present the greatest threat to information security today are mobile computing (69%), social networks (68%) and cloud computing platforms (35%).

FishNet Security Wins F5 Networks' Federal Partner and Application Delivery Partner of the Year Awards

August 5, 2010

FishNet Security, the nation's leading information security solutions provider, has been named both the North American Federal Partner of the Year and the Application Delivery Partner of the Year by F5 Networks, the global leader in Application Delivery Networking.

In The News

Firewalls Top Purchase Priority In 2010, Survey Says

Security Dark Reading September 3, 2010

IT professionals rank mobile computing the number one security threat today, followed by social networks, and cloud computing. But they expect cloud computing to bump social networking for the number two spot within the next two years, a new survey found.

Airplane Downed by Malware

The Register August 27, 2010

Malware may have been a contributory cause of a fatal Spanair crash that killed 154 people two years ago.

Spanair flight number JK 5022 crashed with 172 on board moments after taking off from Madrid's Barajas Airport on a scheduled flight to Las Palmas on 20 August 2008. Just 18 survived the crash and subsequent fire aboard the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft.

The airline's central computer which registered technical problems on planes was infected by Trojans at the time of the fatal crash...