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The popularity of MySpace and YouTube amongst internet users is begining to pose a serious threat to businesses. Staff who access popular community and video sharing web sites put the empoloyers IT systems at risk when viewing videos or visting MySpace pages with malicious code embedded in them.
Recent security reports indicate that the spread of mallicious code via video downloads or community web sites is growing rapidly. Using the popularity of these sites and social engineering techniques such as viral marketing, hackers are reeking havock on business networks. The "cool" factor of sites like Youtube encourage people to share what they have seen with others. Often when sharing with friends and colleagues the mateiral is often automatically considered safe.
How big is the threat, really?
Once running within a new network, malicious code can cause damage or loss of data as well as the theft of important information such as bank or credit card details. Infection of a PC can often take several hours to clean and cost several hundred dollars. The loss or damage of data is more than likely to cost a business so much more.
What Solutions are there?
Solving this issue relys on a number of security systems and ompany policies to give effective protection. In this situation a content filtering solution coupled with an anti-virus solution will effectively protect against outbreaks of this nature.
Filtering the Threat
Content filtering is a system that controls and monitors access to the world wide web. Content filtering enables a business to control what types of web sites are accessible and when those soites can be access. Management can block all but an approved list sites or specific web site types can be blocked such as sport or news web sites.
Management can limit access to specific types of web sites to specific periods of the day. For example entertainment sites could be accessed during the lunch hour but not before or after.
In addition to this all web pages are scanned for dangerous code before the user can view them. Sites can also be completely blocked based on the URL or web address. This solution is scallable from 5 to 100's of users.
Costs start from $550.00 and include content filtering and SPAM filtering as standard. If you would like more information or wish to discuss your needs please contact us. |
