, organizations
that acknowledged financial loss due to the attacks (269
of them) reported $141 million lost, and this number has
only grown since. Moreover, as unskilled, unmanned
attacks such as worms and viruses multiply the probability
of attack approaches for every organization. The
question therefore shifts from whether an attack will occur,
to when an attack will occur. Thus, a sound IT security
plan is more important than ever, and the protection
provided by current and emerging Intrusion Prevention
Systems (IPS) is becoming a critical component