Are computer viruses on the way out?

According to this PC World article based upon the annual CSI report, 2007 represents a watershed year for security incidents. Insider incidents (59%) were more widely reported than incidents involving computer viruses (52%) in the last year. Laptop and mobile theft was also hot on the heels of viruses with 50% reporting incidents.  I should mention that overall incidents are still trending down from their all time high in the year 2000.

But what does the increased incidence of insider threats and device theft mean for the security industry.  It could be big news.  It is what is driving encryption and data leakage.  In many ways it is also what is driving the NAC market.  For too long, too many security technologies were focused on stopping malicious traffic that may contain a worm., trojan or virus.  Not without reason, but are the AV folks a victim of their own success?  Lets not shed any tears, overall AV is still a cash cow.  But the time has come for the security industry to focus in on what is causing the greatest turmoil and harm now.  That is not virus or worms, but insiders and data theft.