August 27, 2012
GFI Lays Down the Law: Consequences of Overlooking Cloud-based Security
By Allison Boccamazzo TMCnet Web Editor
GFI Software has been a long-standing provider of IT software and hosted services, specializing in network security, e-mail security and management, Web monitoring and security for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). It goes without saying that the team at GFI knows what’s what when it boils down to network security. It also goes without saying that applying the proper network security is crucial in this day and age, yet businesses everywhere seem to rank it at the bottom of their priority list, or otherwise seem to settle with burdensome applications which hog resources. Why is this the case, and what are the looming consequences of overlooking implementing reliable network security?
I was able to sit down with GFI Security Research Manager Emmanuel Carabott, who exclusively detailed the problems with pushing this requirement aside.
Carabott explained to me that the consequences of overlooking cloud-based security are handled on a case-by-case basis. Many times, individuals sit back and relax knowing that their data is “safely” stored in the cloud, when in actuality this opens up room for an attacker to enter through any leak and access unauthorized information, perhaps even using this attack on your network to propel similar attacks on additional ones. This disrupting of services then causes an inevitable ripple effect... Read More
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