Comments on: Why Prevention is Better than Cure when it comes to IT Security

By: Artie Gains

Artie Gains — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:34:01 +0000

IT is like medicine – you don’t believe that prevention is better than treatment till the moment you get deadly sick. You have heard about AIDS, cancer, heart attacks but you don’t take them in earnest till disaster strikes. In a sense, you are saying, “This doesn’t apply to me.” Many business owners have this way of thinking and their IT managers can’t fight this attitude.

By: Emmanuel Carabott

Emmanuel Carabott — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:24:24 +0000

I am not so sure that money is the real issue here. In the sense that even if a business is that short on money there are also free solutions which one can employ to secure their environment. Personally I think it’s more a question of avoiding security, thinking that such events cannot happen to them, because they’re small or because they have nothing to steal.

Another possible reason is that they might not have the skills or more likely would not be confident enough to change the infrastructure or even simply reconfigure it due to the fear of breaking things that are currently working. What they don’t realize is that doing nothing is a bigger risk then actually securing a working environment.

By: Douglas the Bounty Hunter

Douglas the Bounty Hunter — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:28:41 +0000

Lessons are really learned the hard way. Just like human sickness, prevention is REALLY REALLY better than the cure itself.

Most small and medium sized businesses are the typical victims of data breach and security mishaps. This is because they dont have enough resources to combat these catastrophes. However, this is not a good excuse. Many security software today can be bought half the price they used to be 5 to 10 years ago.

And besides, treating and solving your IT issues when the problem is already at hand could cost more.

Be proactive and you could save a lot of money in the long run.