| It doesn't matter if your company guards military | | | | When the notion of resolute solutions to network |
| secrets or just manufactures ice cream products. If | | | | security is contemplated it should be known that this is |
| you have a computer network there are threats to it. | | | | a fantasy that can never be fulfilled. A single solution or |
| Threats to a network come from all kinds of sources. | | | | a final solution is never possible in any computer |
| They are both from within an organization and from | | | | network. |
| the outside. If employees have network access, there | | | | There are too many separate security concerns to be |
| can be a security risk on several different levels. From | | | | addressed that a one-size-fits-all solution is never at |
| simple employee attrition or turnover, people come and | | | | hand. Internal confidentiality, external intrusions and |
| go. This leaves the threat of people who know | | | | attacks, all contribute to the dangers faced by any |
| network access passwords and these people can | | | | computer network. |
| also reveal them to other interested parties. The | | | | Technology changes too fast in the world today that a |
| network administrators keep strict controls on this | | | | final solution that withstands the test of time is never |
| situation. Sometimes access to computer information is | | | | on option. It is a fairly well understood concept that the |
| considered so sensitive that stories are often told of | | | | next advance always supersedes endurance of any |
| employee resignations or firings that warrant | | | | technological progress. |
| supervision upon their physical exit to make sure they | | | | So the network keepers, the administrators, have an |
| do not attempt network sabotage or steal data. | | | | eternal security problem on their hands. Whether it is |
| From outside the company, threats are extremely | | | | keeping track of deleting the passwords of exiting |
| dangerous. From viral attacks, planting Trojans and | | | | employees or preventing malicious interception of data |
| interception of valuable data, the attacks can come | | | | transmissions, the work never ends. |
| from numerous sources and at anytime. With much | | | | To do the job, deployment of the latest encryption |
| business done over the Internet access to almost any | | | | schemes are a critical mission because obsolete data |
| network from anywhere can invite attackers and data | | | | encoding only tempts criminals to steal information that |
| thieves. | | | | can be easily read. Diligent network monitoring, both |
| If you think that your company has nothing valuable to | | | | with human eyes and sophisticated intelligent scanning |
| steal or sabotage, think again. Every company has | | | | software, demands the tenacious attention of the |
| employee's Social Security numbers and many that | | | | administrator. |
| deal with customers have credit cards on file. | | | | An overall and all encompassing network security |
| You may think too that no one would care about | | | | solution is not a reality for any computer network or its |
| breaking into your network from the outside or | | | | administrators. The task is large and varied in scope on |
| understand who would want to transmit a nasty virus. | | | | many fronts. It is simply a fact of modern technology |
| One thing is for sure, if the network is left open to | | | | that the only real solution is to eternally fight the |
| being a target, someone will find a reason. | | | | crusade. |
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