| Because of HIPAA legislation, health
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| | IM and P2P also expose end-user equipment
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| organizations have to be particularly
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| | to worms, viruses and other backdoor
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| careful about the vulnerability of the
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| | software that -once introduced, can
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| patient data they maintain. Exposing
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| | infect a network and inflict damage on a
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| patient data to the Internet through IM
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| | wide scale. Employee abuse of their
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| exchanges or P2P file sharing can
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| | computer privileges can be the silent
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| jeopardize their compliance with a
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| | destroyer of networks. Whether it is a
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| variety of state and federal regulations.
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| | dramatic problem such as denial of
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| The popularity of IM and P2P protocols
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| | service or the downloading of backdoor
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| has penetrated every aspect of our
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| | worms and viruses, the misuse can be
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| society including those organizations
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| | dangerous and damaging and ultimately
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| entrusted with sensitive data such as
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| | undermines network security.
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| health records. The opportunity for data
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| | Managers of network security need to take
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| to be exposed to eyes outside an
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| | advantage of hardware appliance solutions
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| organization has increased whether such
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| | in order to fully protect their networks
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| exposure is intentional or not and
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| | from employee abuse and misuse. The
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| organizations bound by HIPAA regulations
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| | damage to productivity and profits of a
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| are required to protect their patient
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| | company are only the tip of the iceberg.
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| data or suffer the consequences.
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| | Introducing a filtering option that does
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| Often in hospital situations, employees
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| | not have a single point of failure, or
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| on different shifts are sharing
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| | cause latency in network traffic is
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| workstations. Many of them may be
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| | critical. Equally important, a solution
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| communicating with family and friends,
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| | that doesn't need to share memory or
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| outside the organization, via Instant
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| | processing power with another device is
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| Messaging or P2P and can unknowingly
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| | the best choice to protect networks
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| download a malicious agent that can
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| | against security breaches and legal
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| damage not only individual workstations,
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| | liability and to help preserve the
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| but entire networks. Because many people
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| | corporation's good reputation.
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| may have access to the same computer,
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| | Legal Liabilities
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| this activity is difficult to trace and
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| | P2P and IM file sharing can be dangerous
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| can occur with alarming ease.
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| | applications that quickly devour
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| When a malicious program is downloaded,
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| | bandwidth and jeopardize company finances
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| it can exploit a back door in the system
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| | because companies can be held liable for
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| and proliferate across the network.
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| | employee actions such as downloading
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| Depending on the nature of the parasitic
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| | copyrighted song material. In addition,
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| code, patient information may be accessed
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| | P2P and IMs can contain malicious
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| and transmitted from behind the firewall
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| | software that downloads and installs
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| to a designated IP address or it may
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| | itself into the host network; a company's
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| launch an attack against the host
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| | computers and networks may be used to
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| network. These types of attacks can bring
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| | launch denial of service (DoS) attacks on
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| the network down. Even short downtime can
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| | other companies and networks.
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| cause significant financial and data
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| | There is an established legal precedent
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| loss.
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| | that will hold a company liable in part
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| Public Communications
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| | for the damages inflicted on another
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| Adding more complexity to the situation,
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| | company if their computers or networks
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| the Securities and Exchange Commission
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| | were used to stage the attack. Because of
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| (SEC) and the National Association of
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| | this legal precedent, the danger to a
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| Securities Dealers Inc. (NASD) identify
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| | host network is not just the loss of
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| Instant Messaging traffic as
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| | bandwidth and subsequent breakdown in
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| communications with the public that
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| | communications, but also the legal
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| companies must save and monitor. The
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| | liabilities involved can result in damage
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| Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires even those
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| | to a company or organization's
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| instant messages that are casual and
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| | reputation, and even threaten its
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| personal to be saved and recorded as
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| | financial stability.
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| formal correspondence.
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| | It's important to note that the damage to
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| Many companies capture and store the data
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| | an organization's reputation can be more
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| as required by law. Because this
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| | costly in the long run, especially if the
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| information can be used as legal
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| | organization is supposed to be secure and
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| evidence, there are several instances
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| | web savvy or if security vulnerabilities
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| where data contained on message boards
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| | can threaten to expose sensitive data
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| and via IMs were submitted to support or
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| | such as health records. For hospitals,
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| defeat a case being adjudicated. Imagine
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| | health insurance and dedicated health
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| if medical advice were contained in an
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| | care providers, such damage can result in
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| IM, even something as innocuous as
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| | a loss of business over time that
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| advising Tylenol for a feverish child.
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| | devastates their long term prospects and
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| Such correspondence could be used to make
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| | when combined with -short term fines, can
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| a medical malpractice case against a
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| | even mean going out of business or
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| nurse or physician.
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| | experiencing a takeover by another health
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| Network Security
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| | care company.
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