THE THREAT

Your network faces the following threats, with the first threats listed being the most common: 

1) INTERNAL THREATS   

Source: 

• Departing employees 

• Disgruntled or harassing employees 

• Curious or negligent employees 

• Intruders 

Results: 

• Liability for employee actions, such as sexual harassment or possession of pornography 

• Disclosure of Intellectual Property 

• Loss of trade secret protections 

• Violation of regulations such as HIPAA 

• Loss of productivity due to unmonitored web surfing and personal email usage 

• Unknown devices can reside on your system

2) COMMUNICATION THREATS 

Source 

• User error – emails sent to the wrong party 

• Employee installation of unauthorized wireless access points or modems 

• Hackers opening backdoors through email 

• Man-in-the-middle alteration or interception of email 

Results 

• Loss of intellectual property 

• Loss of content authenticity and source authenticity (non-reputability) 

• Loss of attorney-client privilege and work product protection

• Loss of trade secret protections and violation of regulations 

• You spread viruses, worms and Trojans to your clients 

3) EXTERNAL THREATS

Source: 

• Former employees Hackers Competitors 

Results: 

• Shutdown of your network or loss of network resources 

• Worms and viruses infect you and your clients 

• Liability for your system being used as a “zombie” to launch attacks on other systems 

• Hackers use your system to store pornography 

• Loss of client confidence