San Francisco-IT executives heard firsthand at last week's RSA Conference about just how vulnerable enterprise networks have become in light of more organized and dangerous cybercriminals going on the attack. An estimated 250,000 computers are compromised every day by bot herders, according to Robert Holleyman, president and CEO of the Business Software Alliance (BSA). The number of exploits is seven times higher than it was a year ago, and the cyberthreat is "growing exponentially,'' he said. Vendors are rallying to improve enterprise security options, but no one suggests it will be easy A number of the 550 speakers at RSA highlighted the need for more industry collaboration to fight the threats more effectively.
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