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The speed of change in IT security is intense and often seemingly chaotic. Security solutions today must constantly morph to reflect not only the shifting needs of customers, but also the advancing capabilities of security threats. The proliferation and progression of DoS attacks and phishing sites, to name a few, demand new means to detect and block criminals. Senior executives, meanwhile, want simplicity and better command and control over the many security solutions they implement. Despite this ever-changing landscape, there are, however, a number of general trends that, from our view as investors, are likely to organize and drive development of IT security products and services over the near and intermediate term. Could firmware infections during the manufacturing process create backdoors in your network? Hannaford Bros. plans to implement millions of dollars of new technology that will effectively overhaul its IT security infrastructure and allow the recently breached supermarket chain to exceed data security requirements, the company and industry experts said. Whether you've been hacked or suspect an employee of wrongdoing, knowing how to preserve evidence is crucial. Derek Parkinson reports. Information risk experts at a leading IT security conference have underlined the importance of people and processes in delivering an effective enterprise security programme. As the dust settles from one of the largest data breaches since TJX, few fresh details emerged one day after Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain revealed that intruders stole some 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers from its computer systems. It's a sunny day somewhere thousands of miles away from your data centre. A savvy hacker sits in front of his monitor. A Ukrainian hacker may be allowed to keep over US$250,000 in profits owing to a loophole in US law. Cisco late Wednesday patched seven severe vulnerabilities in its widely used internet telephony software that could permit device compromise or system shutdown. Authorities have arrested a 58-year-old man in Greece they said hacked into computer systems of France's Dassault Group for more than five years, stole sensitive weapons technology data, and sold it to a variety of countries. A Florida woman, fearing she was about to be fired from her job, has been arrested for allegedly deleting seven year's worth of her employer's architectural data. SC US handed out crystal balls to several analysts, consultants, professors and CSOs and asked them to answer questions about next year. Businesses in the U.K. face a serious security threat from their own employees, according to new research. TOP 5 CYBERATTACKS:

1. The Storm Worm
What began as an email-spawned trojan attack using fake news stories to lure victims became the most widespread cyber-assault in recent memory. Still replicating, and exploiting a number of patched vulnerabilities, the botnet-fueled, socially engineered attack may make next year's list as well. Karl Hart doesn't need to read articles or watch the evening news to know that financially motivated hackers nowadays are finding easy pickings at colleges and universities across the country. As security threats to networks become ever more sophisticated, there is a drive towards a more proactive stance and a demand for solutions that can identify unknown as well as known threats. RSA, the security arm of EMC, has announced plans to buy privately held Tablus, a developer of data-loss prevention software. A new type of threat has emerged that poses a significant risk to businesses - this threat is real. There are examples of it in the news. There are security experts who are warning against the risk. So why are most companies ignoring it? In the last decade, the security of your information on your networks has been focused on protecting the integrity of data from outsiders. Much of the effort has been based on perimeter security - from outsiders trying to break into the network. When the subject of email security is mentioned, the first thought that comes to mind is "spam" or more appropriately "anti-spam."