Security and your network

Security - it's a simple word.  Putting it in place on your computers and network is yet another story.  Threats can come from anywhere these days.  Astonishingly, most threats to a company's data or network comes from within the company itself.

Any company must take action to prevent unauthorized access to it's data, or risk the consequences.

According to a 1999 survey of IT professionals by Information Security Magazine, 52% had suffered some form of attack, intrusion, or leakage of information in the previous year.

The first step in taking action to protect your network and computing resources is to create a security policy.  It should define acceptable usage parameters, standards, and what actions to take.

Most companies have (or should) implemented technologies such as firewalls, virus scanners, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and programs to track network resource usage.  However, most of these technologies protect against only the external attacks (read Internet).  Some companies are now protecting their resources from their internal users using firewalls and other technologies.

McAfee.com Personal Firewall

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