Ibm to push cyber safeguarding

Ibm has begun throwing major muscle behind the marketing of its security references, as it tries to put itself as a one stop shop and grab a greater slice of the panick striken global market for cyber security.

In older days, locking down an organization in technology terms meant erecting a firewall and warding off viruses.Skip forward to 2012 and cloud computing, the huge increase of cyber threats, the surge of social media and the move to cellular devices have collectively turned security management into a perceived pandora's box for chief information officers.

Seen attacks, which includes extended assault on electronics giant sony, security company rsa and a multitude of others last year, have elevated corporate fear and uncertainty and helped create a fertile market for offerings tat promise mitigate the rising risks.

Concern about privacy and security of sensitive data is also a major hurdle ... Read more »