What's the Problem?
More and more companies are recognizing how vulnerable their
network infrastructures are to viruses, worms etc. These attacks
can have devastating consequences, e.g. recent viruses such
as Slammer, Blaster, SoBig are costing the industry billions
of dollars. In addition to the financial loss due to these
attacks, one has to also consider hours of lost productivity,
the disruption to online services and business transactions
and also the bad PR that can occur when a company network
is infected, leading to loss of trust and confidence. Traditional
approaches to these problems include basic threat analyses
of networks and systems, plus installation of firewalls, intrusion
detection systems and anti-virus software. However, the problem
is increasing and we feel that more innovative approaches
are necessary.
Related work:
For more information contact:
Richard Brown, Department Manager richard.brown@hp.com
|
printable version
