According to the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), 35% of companies suffered a virus infection in 2002. Compare this figure with the ‘love bug’ era when roughly twice this number were hit and you realise how much progress has been made combating virus attacks.

But as one threat diminishes, another is spiralling upwards. In the same DTI report, 51% of businesses admitted to being victims of a hacking, unauthorised access or data misuse incident.