CIO of a STOXX company said: "von Neumann is to blame for everything". This surely means that the architecture used on almost all computers worldwide originates from Mr von Neumann and makes no distinction between files with user data and files with executable programmes. They are all in the same file system and the operating system will know what to do with them. In addition, there is an impassioned speech by Mr Bruce Schneier, a veteran of global cyber security, at the Munich Cyber Security Conference, mcsc, in which he formulates that the added value of internet downloads, mail attachments, USB and other mobile data carriers must be preserved and that IT must offer solutions on how to use them "securely".

A solution for the secure use of applications must therefore look into ...