Invisible Security Threats Archives - Foster Institute https://fosterinstitute.com/category/invisible-security-threats/ Cybersecurity Experts Thu, 03 Nov 2016 15:34:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://fosterinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Favicon.png Invisible Security Threats Archives - Foster Institute https://fosterinstitute.com/category/invisible-security-threats/ 32 32 Only One Virus is a Huge Problem https://fosterinstitute.com/only-one-virus-is-a-huge-problem/ Thu, 03 Nov 2016 15:34:55 +0000 https://fosterinstitute.com/blog/?p=2390 If your office has even one instance of a virus, ransomware, or any other kind of malware, that is a huge symptom. Yesterday, someone told me their security was good since they only get infected by a few viruses each year. Even a single infection means there is a possibility that their machines are already […]

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]]> If your office has even one instance of a virus, ransomware, or any other kind of malware, that is a huge symptom.

Yesterday, someone told me their security was good since they only get infected by a few viruses each year.

Even a single infection means there is a possibility that their machines are already infected.

If one virus can get in, other undetectable viruses can too.

Unless security protections are very poor on a network or computer, visible virus infections are rare these days.

People who see virus infections need to act, including patching their Internet facing applications and enabling click-to-play. Those features already come with Windows and applications so there is nothing to buy or download. For more information, see foster institute dot come slash blog.

If you know someone whose computers on their network catch viruses, tell them the viruses are more like chest pain, not like the common cold. Infections are the sign of some greater damage that is about to, or already has, occurred.

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]]> The Invisible Threat Can Kill Your Company https://fosterinstitute.com/the-invisible-threat-can-kill-your-company/ Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:00:11 +0000 https://fosterinstitute.com/blog//?p=2267 Executives: How could any responsible IT professional, who is devoted to you and very capable, fail to protect your network? Simple. Executives, please recognize that there are two categories of problems IT professionals need to solve. Problems that are visible, and problems that are invisible. The IT professional knows they need to do both. An […]

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]]> Executives: How could any responsible IT professional, who is devoted to you and very capable, fail to protect your network? Simple. Executives, please recognize that there are two categories of problems IT professionals need to solve.

Problems that are visible, and problems that are invisible. The IT professional knows they need to do both.

An example of a visible problem would be if users were unable to send or receive e-mail attachments. That’s visible, people are frustrated, and IT professionals are expected to fix that.

An example of an invisible problem is that perhaps your network’s servers do not have a functioning anti-virus solution. This problem, fairly common because of resource availability and performance, is “invisible” since there is a good chance that nobody knows outside of your IT team.

Now, throw into the mix the fact that most IT professionals are so busy they will never get caught up.

So, executives, what do you do when you are faced with choosing, if you can only pick one, to fix something that is visible, or invisible? IF you want to be appreciated, or avoid getting criticized, you will work on the visible.

Then, when the servers get hacked, everyone wonders why. Be sure you have the discussion about visible vs. invisible tasks now.

That is how.

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