For corporate users this means investing in firewalls. So far there has been much resistance to this due to the expense involved. Biosa pointed out that businesses pay more for a small vehicle than they would spend on a corporate firewall. Yet the real savings of purchasing security could be the difference between profitability and bankruptcy for a business. Biosa said that companies, which do not want to invest in security, should immediately reconfigure their networks to severely restrict Internet access, as it is the only other reasonable option.
Individual users are in more of a bind because few can afford the cost of an excellent firewall.
Biosa recommended that individuals store personal and irreplaceable data externally on diskettes and follow the other tips in SaudiOnline's booklet. If a user attempts to log on and access is denied, it should not be assumed that this is some sort of technical glitch. The ISP should immediately be contacted as an unauthorized user may have taken over the account. SaudiOnline has instituted an assigned PIN system, which identifies registered clients and allows for the immediate disconnection of an unauthorized user. Unfortunately most ISP's do not have such a system in place.