It's hard to underestimate the malicious scans and penetration testing that's continuously going on over the Net. And while you may not think your business is targeted, by having a public IP address, you're automatically entered into this sad sweepstakes. No purchase necessary, once you have your broadband connection. And I'm not just talking about e-mail spam, either. Now we have blog comment spam, Web forms spam, IM spam, image spam, and probably three or four new kinds that are just being crafted in Estonia or wherever.
To stop all this traffic, we have various kinds of security appliances. The trouble is, you can buy an almost infinite number of devices for this protection. E-mail spam appliance? Check. Intrusion-prevention appliance? Firewall? Check, check. Web applications firewall? Check.
How many firewalls and security appliances does one network need? Aren't we approaching the situation where there are more appliances than users on our networks?
Meanwhile, at the risk of stating the obvious, plenty of wireless access points are running wide open. Too bad you can't buy an appliance to protect you from these exploits.
So how about spending a bit less time buying a new appliance to spend more time and effort to fix the obvious loopholes in what you already have? Now that's a concept I can love.
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IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
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