ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus Software

Anti-Virus Software

1. Why there is a connection between the company's network and home users and how this might help your company's problems with viruses

It's hard to imagine that anyone in today's technologically oriented world could function without computers. Personal computers are linked to company's network and financial networks, and all are linked together via the Internet or other networks. More than a hundred million electronic messages travel through cyberspace every day, and every piece of information stored in a computer is vulnerable to attack. (Gaudin, 2004) Home computer users are vulnerable, not only for credit card information and login IDs, but also their files, disks, and other computer equipment and data, which are subject to attack. Even if this information is not confidential, having to reconstruct what has been destroyed by a hacker can take days.  The use of the Internet has become one of the most popular ways to communicate. It's easy, fun, and you don't have to leave your home to do it.

2. Whether there are other issues besides providing free software to home users that affect the network security of your firm

A network security incident is any network-related activity with negative security implications. This usually means that the activity violates an explicit or implicit security policy. Incidents come in all shapes and sizes. They can come from anywhere on the Internet, although some attacks must be launched from specific systems or networks and some require access to special accounts. An intrusion may be a comparatively minor event involving a single site or a major event in which tens of thousands of sites are compromised. (When reading accounts of incidents, note that different groups may use different criteria for determining the bounds of an incident.) The attackers use viruses they send through emails. (Gaudin, 2004) ...