Network Security Basics

Malware. An odd sounding word created to lump all malicious software programs, including viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware, and other malevolent codes into one cause-your-computer-serious-hurt category.
 
In 2005, Computer Economics released a report on malware. The good news was that for the first time since 2002, the total worldwide financial losses from malware actually declined to […]

When computers first came out, virtually no importance was placed on client security. All security efforts were focused on server hardening, such as domain infrastructure, server-based data encryption and rolespecific security such as database storage. Believe it or not, most client computers didn’t have a virus scanner installed. However, today virtually every computer has a […]