by bryley
20. February 2010 01:55
Web 2.0: first off what is it? Web 2.0 is the term used to distinguish the most recent trends of the World Wide Web from 2004 to the present. Web 2.0 is most often associated with any application on the web that assists in interactive information sharing: anything from blogs to social networks such as Facebook to video sharing sites.
Malware spread through these latest web applications will become a great risk to information security in 2010. A survey conducted by Webroot, a network security vendor, identified breaches in data security and confidentiality, data loss, and mobile phones and laptops as the top three risks to information security that any business should make top priority to prevent in 2010. According to the survey, roughly 25% of SMBs have been compromised in the past by malware acquired through social networking sites.
Another problem with these latest security threats is that they are much harder to manage than email based threats and avoiding them will require additional network security. According to Gerhard Eschelbeck, chief technology officer at Webroot, “Because SMBs tend to have fewer layers of protection than large enterprises, we especially encourage them to keep up with the latest threat vectors by using a service that automatically stops Web-based threats, filters Web traffic and enforces Internet use policies."
Want to learn more? Check out this related article by Mark Cox, “Web 2.0 is top security threat to SMBs” at http://www.echannelline.com/usa/story.cfm?item=25456
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