0 IBM Internet security systems X-Force 2007 trend statistics

The IBM recognizes Internet security systems X-Force ® research and development team, analyzes, monitors and records a variety of computer security threats and vulnerabilities. According to X-Force, observations appeared many new and surprising trends in 2007. The impact of these trends offer a useful backdrop in the preparation for improving information security in 2008.

First, X-Force, a reduction (5.4 per cent) in the new vulnerability seen data from the previous year. The decline could be an anomaly, a statistical correction, or a new trend in the amount of information. 2005 and 2006 growth (about 41 percent per year), which were well above the historical average (27 percent per year) of X-Force database saw big spikes in the vulnerability. The decline of 5.4 percent in 2007 could simply a statistical correction to the increase in vulnerabilities in 2005 and 2006. Although immersed the number of data in the year 2007, the drop (5.4 percent) is less dramatic than the decrease of vulnerability experienced growth between 2002 and 2003 - shown as in Figure 1 and table 1.

Although there was a decline in which total vulnerabilities, high-priority vulnerabilities rose 28 percent. Researchers focus could be easy that is sometimes difficult, high priority.

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