2. F5 Focus Group Details 9 senior IT security participants from telecom, finance, hosting and retail industries. Focused on threat of attacks similar to those related to the WikiLeaks controversy. Discussion also included how to prepare for similar attacks.
7. Quotes from Focus Group Participants “We made sure that our Internet service providers have the capability to block these attacks… so we can keep serving our customers.” —Senior security architect of a large financial institution “We had some content we put out that angered some groups a couple of years ago, and they attacked us pretty strongly.” —Senior technology architect for an electronic publishing company
8. Securing Your Network Against Attacks Create a plan with your ISP to block malicious traffic. Pay attention to the social networking landscape. Security software needs to handle attacks on multiple levels (i.e. networks & apps).