Even in the wake of weak sales numbers elsewhere, security has remained a strong seller within many VARs' portfolios and perhaps none so hot in recent months as content security. As Web-borne malware and blended e-mail/Web content-related attacks and threats have mushroomed over the past years, IT departments are increasingly looking to VARs for Web and e-mail security gateway protection, be it delivered via hardware, software, SaaS or managed service.
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About 23 percent of SMBs have been compromised by employees who accessed personal webmail accounts, according to a survey conducted by Webroot.
Webroot also found that about 24 percent of SMBs had been compromised by employees using social networking sites.
According to Barracuda Labs, the modern web exploit kit is sold for as little as $300 to $1,000, making it extremely easy for non-tech-savvy criminals to launch content-based web attacks against your clients.
Symantec's MessageLabs Intelligence found that that 12.4 percent of all web-based malware intercepted was new in May, an increase of 1.5 percentage points since April.
MessageLabs Intelligence also identified an average of 1,770 new web sites per day harboring malware and other potentially unwanted programs such as spyware and adware, an increase of 5.6 percent since April.
According to researchers with Sophos, social networking spam has increased by nearly 71 percent, while the amount of malware sent through social networking has increased by nearly 70 percent.
Meanwhile, exploit codes and savvy hackers are bombarding your client's AV--Symantec reports that new signature creation rose to 2.89 million in 2009 versus 1.69 million in 2008--making it harder to catch malware only at the endpoint.
Worldwide content security appliance and software revenue grew 2.5 percent between fourth quarter of 2009 and first quarter of 2010 to $640 million, according to Infonetics Research.
Infonetics forecasts the content security appliance and software market to hit $3.8 billion in 2014.
Cisco posted an 18 percent gain in content security revenue in first quarter 2010, following a 28 percent gain in fourth quarter of 2010, according to Infonetics.
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