| Whether you are looking to protect a small network in | | | | mis-configured in the first place, it can be a very |
| your home or one that is the foundation of your | | | | tempting target for people who are looking to get on it. |
| business, you will find that it is first important to | | | | One obvious example of this would be leaving a |
| understand what kind of threats you might be facing. | | | | wireless network unsecured so that anyone with a |
| As soon as you have a computer hooked up in order | | | | network card could get onto it. This can certainly |
| to connect to the network, you will find that there is a | | | | happen in a broader and more disastrous scope. |
| chance that it can be exposed to a number of | | | | Interestingly enough, one of the most common |
| different risks. When you are thinking about what you | | | | measures taken to save time is also one that leaves |
| can do to make a system a great deal more secure, | | | | network systems shockingly vulnerable. Consolidating a |
| you will find that an understanding of the risks that you | | | | lot of services to one machine is a common measure |
| are vulnerable to is something that can help a great | | | | for saving time and resources. It is easy to manage |
| deal. | | | | and simple to maintain, but if this single machine is |
| First and perhaps most obviously, is the threat of a | | | | compromised, there is a great deal of harm that can |
| virus. While the majority of viruses are simply annoying, | | | | happen. While accidental failure is one thing, there is |
| there are definitely viruses that can damage your | | | | also the concern regarding the ease with which a |
| network's hardware, software, or both. For the most | | | | single machine could be manipulated. In this case, the |
| part, a virus is an executable file that will be spread by | | | | answer is frequently redundancy. |
| human means and will require someone to open it | | | | Computer network security is something that is very |
| before it can do its work on the network. When | | | | important, and if the information that you are |
| looking at virus threats, it is worth understanding | | | | safeguarding has anything to do with money or with |
| worms as well, which are considered a subset of | | | | personal information, it will achieve even a higher |
| viruses. Worms do not need human help to propagate | | | | priority. Take some time and think about your system |
| themselves, and in fact one example of the way that | | | | and think about whether it is vulnerable to any of the |
| they work is to turn your computer into an email | | | | threats above. The more security that you can |
| server that will distribute copies of themselves. | | | | provide, the better off you will be. The protection of |
| When looking into network security threats, though, it is | | | | both your company and your customer depend on this |
| very important to consider what risks may be present | | | | aspect of your company's working, so always |
| from inside the system. First and foremost, the idea of | | | | consider what network security means to you. |
| bad architecture must be considered. If a network is | | | | |