Corporate Networks Vulnerable to Various Web Flaws

Osterman Research conducted a Web poll of organizations employing a mean of 1,000 staff, for PureWire, a provider of web security software, in which it revealed that malware enter systems quite easily through the Internet. While this concern was the topmost for the organizations, the impact of the World Wide Web and its security on computer network bandwidth was the second issue of concern.

The research said that almost 40% of organizations are incapable to effectively stop users from downloading any software, making them vulnerable to every kind of attack. Although many organizations have implemented corporate rules against downloading specific kinds of files as well as deployed mechanisms that would prevent such download,...

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