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Difference between Security & Protection

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by john.hair

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My CIO attended a briefing last week where the briefier tried describing the diffence between network security and protection. She is totaly confused now and so am I. Has anyone have any insight into the diffrence. To me there is no difference, maybe tools involved? Firewalls and Antivirus?

Please help and thanks

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by cg it

well, this is a good topic for debate. I'm sure you'll get many varied ideas and opinions. My personal opinion is that Security is a "policy" that can be as broad as to whether or not external access to the internet is allowed, to as detailed as whoon the LAN can be allowed to view a particular file or folder. "Protection" again, in my opinion is the "How" or means and methods employed to institute the "policy". .

by cg it

to qualify my definitions of "protection" and Security "Policy" I'll use these examples. The decision to use NTFS for file/folder protection to institue the security policy of restricting access to particular information available on the LAN. Or, using a firewall or packet filter for protection to implement the security policy of restricting external access to intranet resources.

by opatzg9

Doc nailed her pretty good there, it's like the person is the security, the loaded side arm is the protection.

by tocolote

Security is what you're trying to do. Physical security; locks, doors, dogs, etc. Computer security; passwords, userids, etc. Communications security; encryption.

Protection is how you're implementing security and how well.

by dudleymorris

Judging by your question, I'm assuming that you're a relative beginner to internet security. I'm also a beginner, but I've had to learn a lot because I've had so many attacks on my computer lately. Here's the beginner explanation:
Security programsnotify you of attempted attacks, hacker activity & other security issues. Most of these programs will try to fix the problems for you, but they may not be able to address all issues. Common, easy to use versions are Norton, McAfee and ZoneAlarm. I, and other people I know, like ZoneAlarm. One thing: if you run a firewall from one of these programs, disable all other firewalls so they don't compete. One firewall is more effective.
Protection refers more to addressing the cause of security problems. Example: my husband, who doesn't even qualify for "beginner" yet, had Norton Internet Security (anti-virus & firewall) running on his computer, but had not disable NetBIOS or file sharing. Someone got into his computer & deleted a registry file.
I hope this helps and if anyone out there sees errors, I hope they will speak up.
Helpful websites people have sent me to:
http://samspade.org
--traces attacks, domain names, etc. Free & interesting
http://www.eventid.net
--explains event id codes (found in security event log in computer management), has other helpful info. $15 for 1 year.

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