Banking on a secure Internet

✍ Scribed by Ben McClure

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 124 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-4048
• DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4048(97)82002-0

✦ Synopsis

implement solutions can provide most of the security that is required. Observers point out that highly secure technology such as encryption adds undue complexity and cost beyond its benefit, unless the organization is a high-risk target. Instead, security managers should watch what they put on the network -every network application brings with it security holes. When resources are scarce, concentrate security efforts on areas where information is at most high-risk, by monitoring them frequently, putting stringent backup rules in place, and introducing physical security measures such as entry passwords. Keep local area networks local. Publish a clear, uncomplicated security policy. Beyond these steps, managers should deploy a server that sits between internal networks and the Internet, acting as an applications layer gateway. Lan Times, 2