Theorising what the most important IT security issues to address may be at any given time is always a highly subjective issue, particularly in this world of advocates, specialists and vendors fixated on their own particular piece of the puzzle.
However, inherent bias aside, based on the very nature of layered security and attack escalation there’s no question that network security sits at the very heart of it all. While a huge number of threats filter in through Port 80 and other avenues, if network security is properly aligned and continuously adjusted a lot of problems can be mitigated even if not altogether avoided.
