Gartner`s 2006 Cyberthreats Hype Cycle has identified five increasingly prevalent cyber threats that have the potential to inflict significant damage on organisations during the next two years, the research firm says.
These are targeted threats, identity theft, spyware, social engineering and viruses.
Gartner previewed its 2006 Cyberthreats Hype Cycle at the company`s Information Security Summit in London.
The hype cycle assesses the initial awareness, maturity, impact and market penetration of 35 IT security threats during the next 10 years.
According to Amrit Williams, research director at Gartner: "We are seeing an increasingly hostile environment fuelled by financially motivated and targeted cyber attacks. By 2008, we expect that 40% of organisations will be targeted by financially motivated cyber crime."
Gartner said social engineering and viruses will remain an everyday nuisance for chief information security officers through 2009.
It warned that in the next two years, at least 50% of organisations will experience a social engineering or a virus attack.
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