Germany says cyber crime is rampant

Reports and research from Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) have found that internet security levels are so poor that cyber crime and sabotage are rampaging upwards at an escalating rate.

This has prompted leading internet security firm, Finjan, to upgrade its Secure Web Gateway program to Web 2.0 standards.

Reports circulating at CeBIT in Hanover, and confirmed by both BSI and Finjan’s own research, revealed that in Germany 19% of internet users use unprotected computers with no antivirus programs installed, and that a whopping 45% are operating on the web without a firewall.

Because cyber criminals are becoming more and more sophisticated, Finjan claim that only a unified approach to online security will render users virtually totally safe.

Version 9.2 of Finjan’s Secure Web Gateway has been upgraded to protect users against the use of legitimate websites by cyber criminals which evade filtering of URLs, as well as reputation-based services and solutions which are signature-based.

Utilising a multi-layered approach to internet security, Finjan’s product offers protection across security, compliance, bandwidth control and productivity on a single dedicated gateway, offering a very cost effective solution with minimal costs for administration, all with an easy to use admin GUI.

The real-time program offers safety for users from zero-hour vulnerabilities, Trojan installations emanating from drive-by attacks, obfuscation of code techniques, and evasive attacks.

The program will also allow for real-time security inspections of both PDF and Flash files.