About the White Paper:
The explosion of fast, reliable network connectivity in the form of the Internet and the enterprise LAN over the last 20 years has transformed the world of business, creating new opportunities and making organizations fast, agile, and efficient. The challenge for corporate IT departments is to meet the ever increasing demands of an "always connected" user base that includes employees, partners, and customers, while keeping networks and the intellectual assets they carry secure.
Unfortunately, the combination of powerful, portable end users' computers and the corporate dependency on networks for mission-critical operations is challenging traditional models of security. Threats are no longer isolated to a few attacks launched from outsiders, but may originate from our most trusted employees. Viruses, worms, "Warhol worms," Trojan horses, DoS attacks-the range and number of attacks that can be launched from within the security perimeter are multiplying at a bewildering rate. While staving these off hostile attacks, network managers are also responsible for enforcing a host of other security policies, ensuring that users do not misuse network resources, wrongly distribute intellectual assets, or violate industry regulations. |
