PROTECTION OF COMMERCIAL SECRETS

Most often, these are the four main factors:

• There is some unprotected vulnerability known by the intruders.
• There is a specialised hacker team featuring a special persistence.
• One of your staff members is deceived or bribed.
• There is a lot of time or there is a clear understanding of what and how works inside your enterprise.

All these may get rise to an APT attack aimed at big business. It is not a fantasy, it is a reality faced by each financial institution, large retail or manufacturing company. Basic means of protection ensuring safety of the infrastructure create an obstacle but do not guarantee complete protection. There is a need of strengthening them with special countermeasures against precisely targeted attacks. For the details, read here.