Steinberger is currently responsible for the management, technical oversight, and future direction of NetRadarEWS at Seattle-based Security Portal. Ric has worked for nearly 20 years as a software engineer developing complex applications in speech recognition, active noise control, client-server design, programming of data acquisition systems, system and network administration for Unix and VMS computers, and computer and network security.
Security has to be a top priority for businesses operating on the Internet.
It's basically coming up with an effective set of measures to ensure that the appropriate people get access to the resources they need access to and inappropriate people, that is attackers and untrustworthy insiders, do not. Depending on what type of company you are and how much effort you put into it, you can get a fair amount closer than other companies. As far as loss of confidential information, details like that are notoriously hard to get a hold of. Most people when they see stories in their local paper about Microsoft sites getting attacked have a hard time understanding what that means and what went on unless they have a decent technology background, which most people don't. By reasonable methods of prevention and response, companies can really limit the damage significantly.