That is according to Manchester-based IT membership body, the National Computing Centre (NCC), which found that 40 percent of companies have installed partial to no security on their wireless networks, while only 15 percent have initiated VoIP security measures.
With the proliferation of small, high-capacity USB storage devices also posing a liability, the NCC found that nearly 75 percent of respondents recognise that there is an issue to be addressed, but that only 11 percent have done so.
Stefan Foster, managing director of the NCC, said: "Running unsecured Wi-Fi is like locking the front door, but leaving the windows open. Fraudsters are increasingly targeting IT systems and the growing use of Wi-Fi is attracting their attention both inside and outside of the office environment.
A recent study by network security specialist BigFix found that mobile devices such as laptops and smart phones were posing a risk to network security, because most security configuration management solutions are unable to manage them when they are not connected to the network.
Although 80 percent of companies were using anti-virus products, 40 percent admitted to having been affected by malicious code in the last year.
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extracted from ITwales website "http://www.itwales.com/798604.htm"
We have to take a drastic counter-measure in order to provide a good network security. Easier said than done :P
In my opinion, in Malaysia, there is still lack of awareness in computer network security, generally, in wireless computing environment, specifically. Some of them haven't educate themselves with wireless network security as nowadays security has becoming a main issue of almost anything.
There is so much to be done in order to educate people and increase their conscience about computer network security. Life nowadays cannot be part from mobile technologies as they have become necessities.
So we have to held seminars, classes, or maybe even a short movie of "How to..." regarding of network security in commercial media.
In my opinion, in Malaysia, there is still lack of awareness in computer network security, generally, in wireless computing environment, specifically. Some of them haven't educate themselves with wireless network security as nowadays security has becoming a main issue of almost anything.
There is so much to be done in order to educate people and increase their conscience about computer network security. Life nowadays cannot be part from mobile technologies as they have become necessities.
So we have to held seminars, classes, or maybe even a short movie of "How to..." regarding of network security in commercial media.
