Virus Warfare - The Basics
Multiple Threats — Multiple Responses
It is about Data - Getting at your data, using your machines to get at somebody else's data or, just as likely, using your machines to stop other people's Customers getting to their website. The chances are that your aren't even the target.
The threat to your machines are varied and can be countered.
Protection to a level that suits most small companies is not expensive nor difficult to install, the following should help get an overview of the problem and some of the strategy to counter the threats
The Diagram above details some of the threats that face Computer Networks today
The relative balance of probabilities of these risks will vary situation to situation, company to company
How the pressures are countered again will vary from organisation to organisation
The counters may include some or all of the following
Many of these responses are valid against a variety of the risk vectors
The right balance will provide a cost effective defence in depth
Relying on a single response leaves your data wide open to danger
The question to ask is:-
How long will your firm last if you lost all of your data?
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See Also Virus FAQ's and Anatomy of a Virus for more on Viruses