In recent months, digital desperados have plundered proprietary software from Microsoft's own computer networks. Computer virus problems are accelerating. The entertainment industry is struggling to safeguard its music and movies from pirates using file-sharing technologies. And the courts have been grappling with how to enforce software privacy and intellectual property law in the badlands of cyberspace. Introduction Computer and network security issues are hurting the new economy.
Network administrators are concerned about crackers and virus outbreaks on a daily basis.
Employees can't telecommute because of remote access concerns. Internet credit card fraud continues to concern consumers as well as undermining merchants. Some experts even argue that the whole Internet system is fatally flawed and a new approach is required. Through the selection and implementation of appropriate safeguards, security supports your mission by protecting physical and financial resources, reputation, legal position, employees, and other tangible and intangible assets. Unfortunately, security is sometimes viewed as a collection of draconian rules and procedures on users, managers, and systems.