According to Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer with F-Secure, "we have seen both the volume and sophistication of the attacks increase significantly during the last year.

"Criminals are targeting corporate bank accounts more actively and we are also seeing a clear increase in targeted espionage attacks, which are set to double this year if the current pace continues", he said.

It's against this backdrop that F-Secure has started refreshing its business security software and, says Maria Nordgren, vice-president for the firm's corporate business, some choices are difficult, but choosing IT Security should be simple.

"With our solutions companies can fully focus on their business instead of spending time and resources on complex security matters. Our renewed solutions are now simpler, safer and lighter than ever before", she said.

According to F-Secure, its client security software is now 70% lighter on memory usage and has 50% less overall system impact. In addition, the firm's server offerings are also 50% lighter in memory usage across the board.

In parallel with these memory footprint changes, F-Secure is touting its updated Exploit Shield technology as being suitable for cloud computing usage.

When the Exploit Shield detects new exploits and websites that spread drive-by downloads, F-Secure says it instantly shares this information with the global community of all F-Secure customers, securing them against the new threats.

According to Hypponen, Exploit Shield was able to proactively block the Aurora Internet Explorer exploit used by criminals to infect computers at Google, Adobe and other major companies.

"The high-profile cases concerning Aurora in January 2010 and the recently uncovered Mariposa botnet show that all companies around the world are vulnerable", he said.