Viruses and Malware, How many more threats are there?

Speaker Stuart Taylor, Manager SophosLabs UK,

Stuart has spent the last 9 years working in the labs at Sophos Plc. During his time there, he has seen the virus threat grow from a handful of new viruses each month to approaching 5000 new threats each month. Stuart has been at the forefront of the fight against an ever increasing range of threats which has necessitated growing
SophosLabs from a few people in the UK to a 24 x 7 operation over 3 continents. Prior to joining Sophos Plc Stuart graduated from Aston University in Birmingham with a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He has worked as a software engineer, mainly working with embedded processors, in industries such as fork lift truck automation, defence, air traffic control systems and in the music industry, writing software for mixing console for recording studios.

Synopsis:
In the last 10 years the number of threats has increased 10 fold with approximately 5000 new threats being seen every month. The presentation will cover the rapid rise in the number of threats and the changing nature of those threats. It will discuss some of the issues faced by both vendors and consumers in protecting themselves against this global problem. The presentation will look at some of the myths surrounding protection and explore the reality of providing a rapid response against the unknown threat.

Committee owner: Geoff