To that picture, you have to add the entire context of cyber security, or Network and Information Security in the Digital Agenda for Europe.

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Brian Moore, senior lecturer in ethical hacking and network security at Coventry University, said the general perception of how cyber criminals operated had been "glamourised and completely falsified by the likes of shows like CSI and NCIS".

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Ensuring that organizations not only have the right network security solutions in place but have implemented comprehensive endpoint security is important to defending against the current and emerging cyber threats.

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Markus Ranum, a veteran of the network security industry and a noted critic of the cyber war hype, points to another similarity with the Cold War.

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Arcsight sells security information and event management (SIEM) software, a subset of enterprise security devoted to logging and analyzing behavior on a corporate network to find and prevent cyber-threats.

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Robust operational management and network architectures will also contribute to enabling the UK to benefit from new technology whilst tackling the cyber security risks.

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