ABSTRACT
Computer security is a dynamic field; and in today’s business and legal environments, the demands for confidentiality, integrity, and availability of computer data are increasing at fantastic rates. Zombie computers are typically targeted and utilized because of their lax security. Statistics that bolster the claim that computer crime is a reasonably foreseeable event include a study by the Computer Security Institute and the San Francisco Federal Bureau of Investigation Computer Intrusion Squad of various organizations on the issue of computer security compiled in March of 2001. In their study, 85 percent of respondents detected computer security breaches within the previous 12 months; 38 percent detected DoS attacks in 2001 versus 27 percent for 2000; and 95 percent of those surveyed detected computer viruses. These numbers clearly show a need for computer security and how reasonably foreseeable computer crime is when connected to the Internet.
