Saturday, March 19, 2011

Analytical Brief: RSA Breach

This brief details NSS Labs assessment of the recent RSA breach and provides some important points that need to be taken into consideration by enterprises needing to protect critical information.

On Thursday, March 17, 2011, RSA’s Executive Chairman Art Coviello wrote in an open letter on the company’s website and published in their 8-K SEC filing that hackers had mounted an “extremely sophisticated cyber attack” that has put at risk its SecurID product.

RSA: Cyberattack could put customers at risk

government and bank employees, was stolen during an "extremely sophisticated cyberattack," putting customers relying on them to secure their networks at risk, the company said today
"Recently, our security systems identified an extremely sophisticated cyberattack in progress being mounted against RSA," Executive Chairman Art Coviello, wrote in an open letter to customers, which was posted on the company's Web site.