22 May 2010

Network Vulnerabilities Are no Small Matter

Networks are the backbone of every company. Miles of copper and fiber-optic cable lines provide the groundwork for communication. Typical corporate local or wide area networks (LANs or WANs, respectively) are far from secure. Network vulnerabilities are no small matter, because once attackers take control of your network, they control how your data travels and to whom. In most cases, controlling the network means listening to sensitive traffic, such as e-mail or financial data, or even redirecting traffic to unauthorized systems, despite the use of Virtual Private Networking (VPN) or firewall technology. And attackers can do this in a multitude of ways, including routing all your traffic through their own systems.




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