As we've seen this week, the Internet has quickly become an integral part of our daily lives. Thus it was very disturbing to see such popular sites unavailable due to a distributed denial of service attack. We are seeing the beginning of a new trend, and we believe copycat hackers are going to target even more sites with more complicated and complex attacks. The costs can include added network audits, higher insurance premiums and lost customer confidence.
Effective security involves a well-rounded strategy and many different approaches.
ManTrap is the first of a series of covert security tools for corporate network organizations. The company's founders, President and CEO Frank Huerta and CTO Michael Lyle, offer the following advice to strengthen a network's security. Ten Security Steps For Today's Networks Set up a perimeter security solution. Perimeter security, such as a firewall, is still the first line of defense for a network, and should be used for all connections from the outside world. Firewalls reduce access to the network and force attackers either to exploit the firewall or to attack by using permitted traffic access.