Comments on: The Web’s Top 5 Security Issues [VIDEO]

By: Wenly Gonzales

Wenly Gonzales — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:52:12 +0000

Prevention is always way, way better than the cure. Plus, it’s cheaper, too. Weren’t we taught that as children?

Yes, prevention can be costly but when you get hit by malware, it’s much, much more expensive and certainly more tedious to deal with. Or maybe those who refuse to invest in malware and spam filtering systems should see this video so they’ll realize the risk.

It’s not worth trying to see if you’ll be one of the statistics who have become victims. You say, your business is just not big enough or have information worthy of being stolen. Guess again, any form of information can be used maliciously. Would you want it to be yours?

By: Catherine Silvano

Catherine Silvano — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:24:08 +0000

The most vulnerable aspect of an organization is not its network, but in user behaviour. That’s why I’m all for strict monitoring and enforcement of acceptable usage policies. When I say, strict, I mean that nobody should be immuned from the disciplinary provisions in that policy.

Oftentimes, human resources are linient with managers and those in the upper echelons of the organization and must then let them be in their unacceptable web browsing practices. This should not be! Even managers and all those who are deemed to be indispensable in an organization should be metted with sanctions if they violate.

This is the only way that the policy will be respected.

By: James Kaczvarat

James Kaczvarat — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:18:38 +0000

Any single one of these threats can be crippling to a person or a business, and so education and ample protection is a must-have in order to prevent outages, losses, or worse. Appreciate the video and would love to see your recommended defenses against each of these types of threats.