Cyber Crime: A Clear and Present Danger

Citation
Deloitte, Center for Security & Privacy Solutions, Cyber Crime: A Clear and Present Danger (Jan. 25, 2010) (full-text).

Overview
The report indicates that the growth of the threat of cyber crime has outpaced that of other cyber security threats.

"Today's cyber criminals are increasingly adept at gaining undetected access and maintaining a persistent, low-profile, long-term presence in IT environments. Meanwhile, many organizations may be leaving themselves vulnerable to cyber crime based on a false sense of security, perhaps even complacency, driven by non-agile security tools and processes. Many are failing to recognize cyber crimes in their IT environments and misallocating limited resources to lesser threats. . . . This has generated significant risk exposure, including exposure to financial losses, regulatory issues, data breach liabilities, damage to brand, and loss of client and public confidence."