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Gartner's verdict on advanced security threats: firms must try harder

Computing staff

25 August 2011 • 2 min read

Targeted attacks are using known exploits, so companies need to act to block them, says analyst outfit

Don't blame the source of the security threat, deal with the vulnerability, is the advice from industry analysts at Gartner when it comes to targeted cyber attacks. Gartner estimates that in the...

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