Security Now Blog: Addressing Today's Information Security Issues

In general, IT personnel are far more knowledgeable and skilled than end-users when it comes to information security. Consequently, IT personnel prefer to limit what end-users can do on their assigned endpoints by provisioning end-users without administrative privileges. This sounds reasonable: the less users can do to alter their machines, the less likely they are to expose their networks and systems to security breaches. By the way, minimizing dependence on end-users making correct information security decisions is almost always good policy.

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Many perceive anti-virus software as providing ‘fire and forget’ endpoint protection. It does not!

Many factors can interfere with the proper operation of these and other security tools such as anti-spyware, personal firewalls, and disk encryption.

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