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by sabrodiesel2000 1 view

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The days are gone of simply relying on antivirus software to keep your enterprise protected from infectious worms and viruses. These days, traditional antivirus protection is not enough to stay protected from the new proliferation of attacks that Symantec calls "blended threats."

What is a blended threat?
A blended threat utilizes multiple methods and techniques to transmit and spread an attack. The rapid and widespread damage caused by these sophisticated attacks can send the cost of lost business, productivity, clean up and recovery into the millions, even billions of dollars worldwide. Effective protection from blended threats requires a comprehensive security solution that contains multiple layers of defense and response mechanisms.Best defense against blended threats

How to Protect?
In order to protect your enterprise from this new generation of threats, you need to take a look at the security strategies you currently have in place. The "one threat, one cure" approach hasbecome outdated. Enlisting a comprehensive approach, creating a defensive barrier that is comprised of antivirus, content filtering, firewall, vulnerability management and intrusion detection measures will make your system extremely difficult and costly for intruders to compromise. All parts of the network must be protected and there must be a response in place to provide security at the gateway, server and client levels.

We haven't seen the worst yet !!!
It is anticipated that blended threats will occur more regularly and will grow in complexity in the future. As more money is invested into IT departments and staffing, enterprises have much more to lose financially should they be hit by a major attack. Alleviate the risk posed to yourenterprise by building an integrated, in-depth security solution. It is the best defense your enterprise can have against blended threats.

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by oldefar

I just finished reading your 4 postings on security. From the tone, one would suspect that we are all on the verge of a major catastrophic disaster. Horse feathers!

The threat raised with physical security has been with us since Cain slew Able. The protection approaches have likewise existed. It boils down to a risk assessment and value decision.

The threat raised by the use of technology is simply one of degree. The age old principals regarding information still apply - determine what needs to be restricted, what needs to be accessable, and by whom. Individuals and corporations go overboard by treating everything as Top Secret. This negates the perceived value of important information by mixing it with common knowledge. Likewise, treating everything as public is a high risk behavior.

With that in mind, the next threat is one of identification. The higher the risk, the higher the need for authenticating the individual. This can be as high as something they have, know, and are (biometric security) to no authentication required (public consumption).

For businesses, a key concept missed is collect only what is needed. Any information you collect should have a specific business requirement associated. That information is something you need to protect, so don't collect what you don't need and don't retain what you won't use again. By the way, this cuts down on storage costs as well as security issues.

There is a need for professionals to analyze and address specific technical security requirements. There is no need for panic, only for common sense.

by sabrodiesel2000

o u took it as a panic, well everyone has their own way of thinking, u have ur own and i have mine. This was just an awareness, solutions to security? oh yes i have some, and oh yes i have knowledge on biometric products very well and i have been dealing with some for authentication on the networks and even the web-based solutions!

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