Threats in the Networked world
by Lucius Lobo, Director, Security Services
Organizations today are facing security threats that would have been un-imaginable only a few years ago. It is unfortunate that security continues to be an afterthought, based on the fact that though most of the security threats surge through a communication network, security was never built into it. Consequently, enterprises need to secure their own gates as a bolt on, which resulted in two key inefficiencies, i.e. higher cost and relative lack of overall enterprise security and the consumption of telecom bandwidth due to malware generated traffic. Telecom companies are now attempting to find the first few fixes by placing security device into the network core and providing clean pipe solutions. Let’s analyze some of the key network security concerns that exist in today’s communication environment.