By Andy Morris, Log Fan

I read Dimitri's take on the Verizon Top 10 Security Predictions for 2010 and thought I'd take a swing at it myself.

Verizon’s security predictions for 2010 are interesting partly because of their insightfulness, and partly due to their lack of insight. You can read their full list of predictions at here, but if you’ll allow me, let me play scrooge.

1) Services will protect themselves.
No they won’t. What most services will do, is appear to protect themselves. They’ll respond to a few highly publicized events with new user interface options that people won’t use properly, and will give the fake appearance of positive change.

2) Malware will not evolve.
This seems about right. Why go to all that fuss and expense of evolving, when most networks still aren’t protected against threats that were discovered ages ago? Mass outbreaks, of course, are for show-off-bored-kids; these days the real money is “on the fringes”. You know, like the Russian Mafia exploiting high street banks for millions. So, no real concern there then. Except that we’re in a recession, and it’s our money they’re stealing.

3) Consumers are getting smarter.
This is possibly the most dangerous of all the predictions. I don’t know if it will be true or false, but as security experts we have to assume it’s false, and build a world that protects the naive, the innocent, the gullible, and that chap that runs with scissors.

4) Windows 7 will be more robust than expected.
Well that’s a low bar - remember Windows 7 was launched on Oct 22, and exploits started turning up as far back as April, but Verizon is right to turn the focus on ISV’s. After all, hackers are after money, and that’s buried in data, and that’s handled by ISV software.

5) Serious finger pointing will occur – criminals think twice.
Yes and no. Finger pointing will occur, but criminals will just shrug. Maybe this is a good time to have a debate about Capital Punishment deterring murderers?

6) Breaches will increase.
Yes they will. The lust for money is powerful motivator.

7.) Nothing happens to non-PCs 8.) CaaS works 9.) Virtualization is not attacked 10.) China will be blamed for everything.
Lets hope so :: I don’t care :: More hoping :: Seems fair.

What does LogLogic predict for 2010? Regardless of whether, all, some, or none, of Verizon’s predictions come true, networks will still be left vulnerable, applications will be un-patched, user error will causes breaches in protocol, and criminals will successfully knock down walls.

But not on a LogLogic protected infrastructure.

We can prevent, capture and prove compliance for whatever 2010 throws at your systems.
LogLogic customers are predicting a stress free, safe 2010.
(No lead paint was used in the making of this post – no thanks to China. Or Nigeria. Or Eastern Europe.)