2005 Malware Report: The Impact of Malicious Code Attacks, now available

Over at Computer Economics, our latest study, the 2005 Malware Report: The Impact of Malicious Code Attacks is now available.

This report, which is widely referenced in the business press, breaks down the total financial impact malware on businesses by type of cost, based on our interviews and surveys of IT security professionals over the past year. It also highlights the major malware events of 2005, and tracks the worldwide economic impact of viruses, worms, Trojans, and other malicious code attacks since 1999.

IT executives will find this study a good source of economic statistics for justifying new IT investments that harden the IT infrastructure against malware attacks.