RSA: Security in 2002 worse than 2001

[Paul Wilders]

IDG) -- If you thought computer security was bad in 2001, you're not going to enjoy 2002. That was the message from SecurityFocus co-founder and CEO Arthur Wong in a presentation he gave at the RSA Conference 2002.

Wong's message to attendees was sobering. Despite such major security incidents as the "Code Red" and "Nimda" worms, "2001 wasn't as bad as it could have been," he said in a presentation at the start of the show.

In 2001, about 30 new software vulnerabilities were discovered each week, Wong said, marking a decrease in a trend that had seen the number of new vulnerabilities doubling every year for much of the late '90s. Wong expects that 2002 will bring a return to old growth rates, predicting that 50 new software security holes will be found each week in the coming year

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