Gartner, Inc. advised businesses to plan for five increasingly prevalent cyberthreats that have the potential to inflict significant damage on organisations during the next two years. They are; targeted threats, identity theft, spyware, social engineering and viruses. The hype cycle assesses the initial awareness, maturity, impact and market penetration of 35 IT security threats during the next ten years. According to Amrit Williams, research director at Gartner, “We are seeing an increasingly hostile environment fuelled by financially motivated and targeted cyber attacks.