Gartner lists five overblown IT threats
Analysts at Gartner have warned that security threats on the Internet were being exaggerated. They have also compiled a list of five IT risks that they believe were being magnified by security experts.
Gartner has released the following list of the supposedly grave risks at the IT Security Summit in Washington, D.C.,
* IP telephony is unsafe
* Wireless hotspots are unsafe
* Regulatory compliance equals security
*’Warhol’ worms will make the Internet unreliable for business traffic and VPNs
* Mobile malware will cause widespread damage
Lawrence Orans, principal analyst at Gartner, explained why the firm considered that these risks were overblown, “Many businesses are delaying rolling out high productivity technologies, such as wireless local area networks and IP telephony systems, because they have seen so much hype about the potential threats,” he said.