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[Derek]

This makes very interesting reading  and applies to ALL countries and ALL firms, especially Finance/accounting & Law firms. The "spies" will always go for the easiest targets

The managing partner of a large New York law firm had a visit from the FBI in which he learned that the files of every one of his firm's clients had been copied from the law firm's servers and placed on servers in Asia known to be used as transfer points in APT attacks (APT translates loosely to Chinese, he learned). Nine days later, he and another partner from his firm came to my house on a Sunday morning for a conversation. They wanted to know why the intruders wanted the data, how they got in, why the firewalls and AV and other security tools their consultants told them to install didn't stop the attacks, and how they could be stopped in the future. The conversation is posted at http://www.sans.org/security-resources/cybersecurity-conversations

[Richard]

I've made this one sticky so it doesn't get buried...

[Baron]

Indeed, a very interesting read. 'Alan' explained the problems in easy to understand language..........even I could follow what he was talking about..

[Derek]

This is the ONE really interesting thing that Sans have put out this year that really gets over how much we all are at risk and why appropriate steps to protect ourselves need to be taken

This article should be required reading for all company CEOs/CTOs and every tech support Gal & Guy everywhere.

Although it shouldn't do, it still shocks me everyday when I get requests to help clear up malware from Lawyers, Medical offices & Accountants etc when their systems are infected and in many cases the requests for help don't come from an infected user trying to bypass the system & clean up without the boss knowing, but from IT support or from the Boss himself trying to cut costs & not knowing/worrying or caring that his/her clients details might have been compromised. Too many professionals in every country & continent, still live in the dark ages and don't see any downside to electronic communications and will spend fortunes on sending hard copies by secure courier, but also send exactly the same document as an unencrypted email attachment without realising the risks involved. The same users frequently also keep the same docs on an unencrypted laptop so they can work on it at home, in spare time while surfing Porn sites or using P2P programs and downloading pirated movies/music etc