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There are five major categories of security: computer, password, wireless, document, and personnel
If you use computers in your business or organization,
Business, industrial, corporate, and professional espionage is real, and it happens every day. Are you one of the targets? Possibly! There are “bad guys” who want to gain control of your computer, to use as a source of valuable data (your, or your clients’, or your employees’ personal and financial data), or to use your computer in other illegal activities. Is your computer “wanted” by someone? Probably, especially if you are connected to the Internet through a broadband, or high speed, connection. There are many things that you can easily do to reduce both the risk and your vulnerability. You should have a “Computer Security & Practices” policy that clearly shows your employees what is and what is not permitted on, or with, your company computers or network. The policy should also contain information on what to do in the event of a loss or unauthorized access. If you think that a computer security breach can’t happen to you, think again. Here is a chronology of data breaches as compiled by the Privacy Rights Clearninghouse and occasionally updated. The newest breaches are listed at the bottom of the list, Scroll down to the bottom of the page, then read “up”. The amount and frequency of personal data loss by both “big name”, and very small, companies, the conditions under which it occurred, and the potential for some very costly damages, is frightening. What are you doing to reduce the risk of loss of the data in your computer(s)?
revised: March 22, 2007
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