Following best practices is essential for robust network security

Infosecurity Article - "Following best practices is essential for robust network security" , 07 October 2011

There are a handful of common mistakes that leave organizations more vulnerable to cyberattacks. According to Gidi Cohen, CEO of Skybox Security, following a few simple best practices can help lessen the potential damage attackers can inflict.
Basic, straightforward best practices are not followed by many organizations, the firm’s chief executive recently told Infosecurity.

And the vulnerabilities that result are among the easiest to remedy, if organizations would only apply these best practice procedures correctly and in a timely fashion, he added. What Cohen alluded to was not the purchase of an additional technology solution but rather – in many instances – simply using your currently deployed technologies in the manner in which they were intended to work.....

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