Among the issues and approaches to provide data protection is a recognition that corporate security no longer can be the responsibility of only a few individuals. All employees, especially management, must play an important role and accept the responsibility if corporate security is to be a priority, industry officials explain. Coupled with the Internet's vast potential is its vulnerability, prompting the requirement for advanced cyberspace security. By its very nature, the Internet's protocol design maximizes information sharing. To provide network security means planning and implementing policy that limits information access to meet an organization's goals.
Threats abound from competitors, hackers and disgruntled employees.
Security measures require limiting exposure to information that easily is accessible and that could be used to identify system vulnerabilities. Easily accessible information could include an obtainable network address map, a readable password file or a list of network services that an organization supports. Corporate information faces the risk of changing and increasing as quickly as the Internet and its applications, according to Michael D. Krenzin of Harris Computer Systems Corporation, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is the lead engineer, secure systems, trusted systems division. The bureau's computer emergency response team notes that three to four computer crimes occur every day.