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"It's the perfect crime, both low-risk and high-profit"

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NYT - https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/technology/07net.html?ex=1325826000&en=cd1e2d4c0cd20448&ei=5090

How high the profit?

Criminals are offering up to $75,000 for a Windows XP vulnerability and $50,000 for a Windows Vista vulnerability, Genes said. Security firms such as VeriSign's iDefense and 3Com's TippingPoint pay around $12,000, he said. "The good guys are paying, but the bad guys are paying more," Genes said.

"By 2008, most of the threats you are facing will be Web placed. Today most of it is still e-mail,"Raimund Genes, Trend Micro's chief researcher, said in a presentation at the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo

Full story is here https://news.com.com/Web+threats+to+surpass+e-mail+pests/2100-7349_3-6178930.html 

Why not just get ready toward 2008 and start implementing Security Engineering practices?

Still hesitating? Calculate Security Breach Cost Yourself.

There are some who will say that the cost is losing business.

Enjoy getting ready.