Q&A: Why Conficker was a victim of its own success

Eric Sites is well known in the IT security business as CTO of Sunbelt Software. He’s also a member of the Conficker Working Group, which was established in February 2009 with a brief to combat the Conficker worm. With a collaborative and global approach from technology industry leaders and academia, the CWG was facilitated by Microsoft, but relies upon the collective expertise that has driven an unparalleled global security response. We asked him how the team dealt with the biggest threat to IT security in recent history.