IBM's X-Force...

December 2008

Security attacks reach 2.5 billion per day. In response to a massive rise in Web-based threats, IBM has announced a number of new initiatives which it claims will improve enterprise security. The company said that its Internet Security Systems (ISS) business had sprung into action after its X-Force division identified two “startling” developments: a 30 percent increase in network and Web-based security incidents over the past 120 days; and a 40 percent increase in the number of its clients accessing IBM virtual security operations centers. IBM said that based on data from its 3,700 managed security services customers worldwide, the number of security events had risen from 1.8 billion to 2.5 billion per day over the past four months, and noted that a significant proportion of clients logging in to the security center had not done so in the previous six months. In response to these incidents, IBM’s ISS division plans to introduce new identity and access management services which will help companies govern access to sensitive data and applications.