After reading this article on Google getting into antivirus software, I couldn’t think in what online facet they were not trying to be competitive in. According to Google’s official blog they will be able to scan your computer for malware by simply going to their site. Google hopes to warn users to update their antivirus software to remove the infections. This whole issue was spawned from China hackers targeting US officials Gmail accounts.
As we grow more and more reliant on the internet and tools used off it the cyber security will being to start growing into its own industry. Like Sony, many large companies today are struggling to keep their data secure as well. It will be interesting to see what companies, like Google, are able to forge in the upcoming years to insure data security throughout the countries and corporations.
