Reducing Your Risk - How to Effectively Train Your Staff in IT Security Columbia SC

Posted by : Thomas Toth

As any security professional will tell you, the risk of unauthorized intrusion into corporate IT assets is a very real threat. Any computer that has a connection to the Internet is a potential doorway to exploit. Automated hacking software, bots, and spiders can (and do) find and exploit any found weakness that exists in a system's security.

Computer files almost never go away. Deleted files, e-mail messages and un-installed software can stick around on hard drives and diskettes forever. Discarded corporate assets can be a boon to the "Dumpster diver" willing to invest an afternoon going through the trash bin behind your building.

Do you ever think about how this type of data "garbage" can easily fall into the wrong hands?

You are the weakest link--goodbye

Even with the assurances of firewalls and encryption technologies, the weakest link in any security chain is still the human users and their actions or inactions. A disgruntled employee who passes his login and password via e-mail to another source can compromise a multimillion dollar security installation. No piece of hardware or software is strong enough to withstand the admin who neglects to initialize standard security protocols. The human element of any security system is its greatest weakness.

Does your company have a current security policy? Have you seen it recently? Has anyone outside of IT seen it? How many employees have read it completely? If you don't have a securi...

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