Cyber Threat takes the reader into the darker side of cyberspace where the continuing growth of information systems and technologies offers nearly unlimited potential for exploiting the power of information. It has become imperative that businesses go on-line to remain viable, but at what cost?The author provides a reasoned and informed assessment of the threat and risks, and the degree to which they ought to be managed, for anyone thinking of doing business on the net. The book is written in clear language with a generous helping of real world examples throughout.Today, being on-line has become imperative. Notwithstanding, there exist a clear and present threat to businesses from the net, from identity fraud or outright denial, to piracy and hijacking on the information highway. Hackers prowl your computer network: probing, scanning and watching. They can attack. These are the harsh realities of the threat.