Misconfigured networks create huge security risks
By Bill Brenner, Senior News Writer
05 Mar 2008 | SearchSecurity.com
There’s a perpetual buzz around software flaws and exploits researchers disclose daily, but security experts say it often distracts IT pros from a growing and more serious problem — networks so sloppily configured and maintained that the bad guys can drive a virtual bulldozer through them without attracting attention.
The problem runs the gamut from mismatched applications and hardware, security systems that are put in place but not regularly maintained to wireless access points that are opened with no defenses attached, according to IT consultants who have seen the problems first hand.
Source: Search Security
