There’s a fairly good chance at some point your company will be the victim of an advanced persistent threat (APT), and it might not notice the attack until it’s too late. To make matters worse, your company may not be the intended victim but simply a key to the door they really want to open.

Gathering intelligence is a lot like creating a mosaic: The best intelligence is developed by accumulating large numbers of small pieces of information. Eventually, the entity gathering the information gets a complete picture. That's why the latest hack attack by the Chinese government -- this time on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- is both fascinating and disturbing.

When any security discussion turns to cyberwarfare, the first thing that comes to some people's minds is China. Despite the pro forma denials by the Chinese government, China is the most active and the most aggressive cyberwarfare operation anywhere.