Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Network inventory reporter

When it comes to securing systems, most organizations focus their efforts on servers. But many of the recent worms that have brought down entire networks and cost companies millions of dollars have done so simply by targeting the humble workstation. Malicious intruders—be they outsiders or disgruntled employees—who manage to take control of a workstation and impersonate the system's legitimate owner can access confidential information and resources on the local system and on the network. Gone are the days when you could trust your local LAN to be a safe haven. Between worms and malicious insiders, you need to network inventory reporter and protect all open ports on your workstations against attacks.

No comments: