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Below are some of the most common threats that face businesses and the tools to prevent them. For more information on those tools go to the Seven Layers of Security or Contact Evron for more information.

MISUSE

1. Threat: Hacker breaks into your network through an internet connection and steals confidential information.
Prevention: Firewall, NIDS

2. Threat: Staff member emails confidential documents to other companies.
Prevention: Email scanning software, Corporate security policies.

3. Threat: An unauthorized internal user accesses confidential information by using a stolen password (e.g. password read off post-it note on the monitor).
Prevention: Corporate security policies, educated employees.

4. Threat: Employee receives or downloads pornographic or other inappropriate content from the internet - reducing efficiency and exposing you to legal liability.
Prevention: Internet and email scanning programs.

5. Threat: Virus causes documents on your system to be sent automatically to everyone in your address book, or opens a security hole for people to enter.
Prevention: Anti-virus programs, Updated software patches.

6. Threat: Trojan Horse Virus sent opens a security hole which lets outsiders access your files through the internet or network connection.
Prevention: Anti-virus programs, Updated software patches.

DESTRUCTION OF DATA

7. Threat: Virus destroys valuable data.
Prevention: Anti-Virus software, Updated software patches.
Recovery: Tape backup system

8. Threat: Employee error, or malicious act causes data to be destroyed or corrupted.
Recovery: Tape backup system

BUSINESS INTERRUPTION

9. Threat: Denial Of Service (DOS) attack. A hacker assaults your network with a massive number of emails or other communications. By giving your server more traffic than it can handle, your company loses access to internet or email.
Prevention: Intrusion Detection System

10. Threat: Your server becomes a "zombie", used by a hacker to launch a massive amount of emails at other companies and causing them to be overloaded by a DOS attack. As the platform that launches the attack, your company becomes blackballed and finds your emails rejected by intended recipients.
Prevention: Firewall, Intrusion Detection System