The Internet helps businesses work smarter and communicate better. The Enemy Worms, viruses, and hacker attacks are moving targets. To protect your network, you need to stay current. Tracking the latest threats and developing information to help you protect yourself are two major functions of CERT the Computer Emergency Response Team of Carnegie Mellon University. To get industry news e-mailed to you on a weekly basis, sign up for InfoWorld's free newsletter, Security Watch .
Security is really about risk management.
The key is to find and correct weaknesses before they can be exploited. Step one is to conduct a professional security assessment of the network. This enables you to identify weaknesses, figure out the potential for damage associated with each one, prioritize the risks, and then develop a strategy to address the most important. Security breaches are often the result of holes in software, not weaknesses in the network architecture or configuration. The Technology Security software development is hot.