ExploreZip virus variant was sophisticated enough to fool corporate virus scanners and virus-conscious computer users. Lucent Technologies made its official entry into policy-based networking with the availability of the RealNet Rules app. Another Melissa variant, W97M.Prilissa. A, may threaten Microsoft users on Dec. 25. A new strain has been sent to at least three major U.K. banks and is spreading to businesses.
Executives spurn reporting to protect company, fail to grasp importance of intruder detection teams.
Leading industry experts fear that insiders could be poised to take advantage of the Y2K confusion with elaborate plans to steal or sabotage company information or assets and blame the loss on phantom Y2K glitches. As companies large and small grow to depend more and more on networks to help them manage intellectual information and real assets, the risk of theft, disclosure, and sabotage rises exponentially. Only by putting into place a system to track and analyze network activities now can companies adequately ensure against internal intrusions and thefts of assets. In November of 1999, Umesh Verma of Blue Lance led this roundtable in which we explored how companies can better monitor and thus protect network-managed assets from the threat of inside intrusion and theft.