Intel Takes On Cybercrime At The Processor Level

Security threats are a clear and present danger in today's highly technological society. No one is safe and everyone is a potential target for cybercriminals. Whether a government institution, SMB, corporation or private citizens, all are fair game in the world of cybercrime. The leaps and strides made in technology over the past few years, have given birth to new threats and more sophisticated attacks.

IT professionals have met the problem head on implementing a multi-layered approach to combating security threats using a combination of hardware and software to mitigate various types of attacks which has proven to be successful; but as my father always says, "bigger mousetrap, bigger mouse." That simply means for every security measure put into place, someone will always be seeking out 'bigger' ways to break those measures. So in essence, the bigger the mousetrap gets, the bigger they make the mouse to overcome it.

That simple saying states exactly what's been going on over the years. Security appliances, software, etc., have gotten more "intelligent" and sophisticated, but so have cybercriminals. In a corporate setting, a power user with antivirus software and a software based firewall on their system is a pretty safe system (generally speaking) because the local security on their system in conjunction with the company's network security adds multiple levels of security; however, Intel is pointing out that even that isn't enough. The video below explains how Intel is taking security one step further by digging a little deeper and starting at the processor level, check it out:

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