IT Training Most Critical For Corporate Internet Safety

According to Senior Technology Consultant Graham Cluley at Sophos, organizations need to provide data security education to their employees so that their corporate networks remain safeguarded from viruses. Ontrack Data Recovery published this on November 29, 2010.

Taking cue from available data, it has been revealed that, every second, one fresh piece of malware is developed on the Internet. Moreover, a maximum of 60,000 malware samples emerge per day, while the dangers associated with working on the Internet keeps on growing.

Mr. Cluley asserts that the scale of this problem has become much worse compared to what it was many years ago since cyber-criminals currently find a scope in benefiting from malware. Ihotdesk published this on November 29, 2010.

The senior consultant further states, those routine organized crooks, which possibly never touched a PC previously, now realize that there's plenty of money possible to make via cyber-crime.

Also according to claims, organizations can minimize disaster recovery expenses through imparting training to their employees making them more conscious about malware risks as also the eventual impact these outbreaks can make on their organizations.

In fact, efforts to recover lost data can be done away with provided employees know quite well about the steps they should adopt in case their computers become contaminated with malware, commonly a virus.

States Cluley, usually it isn't the computer but the human who is responsible for the mistake. Humans operating computers are the most vulnerable point in any online crime. According to the expert, people deciding inappropriately will frequently let hackers infiltrate their organizations. Ontrack Data Recovery reported this.

Moreover, security researchers remark that hackers will keep on getting more advanced. There's no slowing down of the malware menace, rather it's exploding. Apparently, it's high time that organizations know about safe security habits vis-à-vis their Internet sites towards ensuring their customers', image's and earnings' protection. So the first measure for ensuring they aren't susceptible is to routinely check for malware on their websites.

Hence, organizations require spending for Web-monitoring programs as well as attending more closely to patches and updates relevant to intermediary tools and widgets they've installed.

Related article: ID Theft Victims Will Double In Next Four Years

» SPAMfighter News - 12/11/2010