Employees Pose Threat

The greatest threat to a business' network security is its staff.

Employees frequently click on email attachments, which hackers use to infiltrate the corporate network.

In addition, USB thumb drives are often embedded with keylogger software and additional viruses as handed out to employees at trade conferences.

The December 2007 Microsoft Security Intelligence Report stated the amount of trojan downloaders and droppers rose by 300 percent during 2007's second half.

The report discovered that malicious software is the favorite tool among criminals for targeting computers.

With the expansion in the number of mobile employees, the thumb drive has also become a leading information- theft gadget in public locations, including coffee shops.

Phishing scams are another popular plot that hackers employ to obtain personal information and financial data.

Instructing workers about the elements of phishing, what to keep an eye out for, and not clicking on email links helps keep business' crucial information, as well as workers' personal data, out of criminals' hands.

Microsoft strategic security advisor Chris Winn advocates the phishing filters located in Web browsers or as part of third-party security software applications, which function by accessing a black list of established phishing sites.

As an employee browses the various sites, the filter will inform him whether a particular site is secure.

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