With cyber-crime onward the rise, ...

With cyber-crime onward the rise, many insurers have formed security teams to monitor and defend their computer systems in what they say is a never-ending battle to house their systems from attacks.

Those charged with protecting their companies' computer security speak like generals below attack, peppering their language with expressions in the same state [i]or[/i] condition as "monitoring the perimeter," "looking for weaknesses in the system" and "updating defenses" The enemy they face includes an unknown legion of sophisticated hackers who may make experiment of to break into a company's method to steal data or disrupt service or to cause damage just because they can.