Sure, network firewalls will help protect you against a wide variety of threats. But if your security plans stop and start with a firewall, you're in big trouble.
So network security extends beyond simply setting up a "good enough" firewall. There are other things you need to consider to help secure your network, and not all of them are tied directly to the network itself. Here are six tips from the experts to give you help.
1. Software that enables your business also threatens your business.
Even though new applications like instant messaging, VoIP, Web conferencing or other voice/data convergence software can potentially increase your company's productivity and cost savings, they are also increasingly becoming vulnerable to hackers.
"Personal e-mail, instant messengers and Skype are all ways to shunt data of all types from [Point] A to B, usually without any permanent record of this occurring," warns Tom Newton, Product Development Manager for SmoothWall, Ltd., which produces SmoothWall Express, an open source firewall.
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