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 The “one threat, one cure” approach hasbecome outdated.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.
