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Security assessment shows firms are under-protected

Businesses that thought their network systems were secure to malware and Trojan attacks have been shown otherwise, it has been claimed.

According to new research by Trend Micro, an in-depth security assessment of a number of firms has shown some threats managed to get through existing infrastructure – a good reason to keep anti-virus software up to date.

The firm claimed that 100 per cent of firms form North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific had some form of security threat residing on their network.

Jai Balasubramaniyan, director of product management and marketing at the firm, said: "The results garnered from our security threat assessment prove that as threats become more numerous and sophisticated, conventional security technologies such as endpoint antivirus, Web security gateways, email security gateways and IPS solutions are struggling to keep up."

Earlier this month, Panda Security released research which showed that between April and June of this year, Trojans made up 75 per cent of all malware circulating the internet.



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