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Emerging Internet Threats Graham Connolly Websense Territory Manager Australia & New Zealand

Emerging Internet Threats Graham Connolly Websense Territory Manager Australia & New Zealand. Bandwidth Hogs. Productivity Drains. Security Risks. Inappropriate Material. 80% of network security managers claim their biggest security threat comes from their own employees. Gartner.

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Emerging Internet Threats Graham Connolly Websense Territory Manager Australia & New Zealand

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  1. Emerging Internet Threats Graham Connolly Websense Territory Manager Australia & New Zealand

  2. Bandwidth Hogs Productivity Drains Security Risks Inappropriate Material

  3. 80% of network security managers claim their biggest security threat comes from their own employees. Gartner

  4. e.g. Lord of The Rings: 1.4GB 3m users sharing 4.2m GB Over Port 80 – Firewall can’t block

  5. Spyware • Information leakage • Bandwidth problems • PC stability problems: • Dell: 12 percent of all consumer tech support calls caused by spyware (Wired, May 04) • Microsoft:50% of all computer crashes reported by its customers are caused by spyware (Wired, May 04)

  6. Ad-aware www.lavasoftusa.com Spybot www.spybot.info

  7. Embedded virus code in webpage

  8. Phishing • Fraudulent websites designed to fool recipients into divulging personal financial data such as credit card numbers, account usernames and passwords. • Credit card fraud • Identity theft • Financial loss. • November 2003 = 28 scams • April 2004 = 1125 scams • 5% of recipients to respondsource:antiphishing.org

  9. Streaming Media • Radio • 10 users, 8 hours per day, 20 days per month = 20GB • Video • 5 minute video = 16MB at 60k/sec

  10. Instant Messaging • Port tunneling • Attachments • Hacking / viruses

  11. Websense Explorer Analytics & ForensicsReporting Demo

  12. Addressing the Threats • Employee Hacking • Block access to hacking websites and applications • Music, porn, games, movie downloads • Kill the P2P protocol on your network • Malicious and Phished websites • Block access to infected or scammed sites • Spyware • Block outbound communication and websites • Streaming Media • Manage who and when SM can be accessed • Security hole via Instant Messaging • Block attachments

  13. Thank You for Your Time Conduct an Internet Access Policy Compliance Check gconnolly@websense.com (02) 9882-1480 0410-460-007 Q&A

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