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PROTECTING THE
CORPORATE NETWORK
With corporate networks increasingly under threat,
effective means of protection are becoming ever more
important. Intelligent CIO asks Christopher Green,
Vice President, Middle East, Africa and Turkey at
Malwarebytes, about the best ways for enterprises to
protect their networks.
What is the best way of protecting
a corporate network when accessed
by remote devices such as laptops or
other mobile devices? What are the dangers of more
companies allowing greater
numbers of mobile devices on to
their corporate networks?
There is a real need to make sure the device
is healthy and not already pre-infected
before it accesses the network. This might
seem like an obvious first step but is one
that is equally as easy to overlook. Devices
should be scanned and cleaned prior to
connecting with the corporate network to
ensure infected systems aren’t accessing
other endpoints and data. This very much depends on if a company
has an active BYOD policy rather than
assigning corporate devices to employees.
When people bring their own device to work,
managing that device becomes a lot more
complicated. For example, even if you have
concerns the device has been compromised,
you can’t wipe it because legally the
company does not own the phone.
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EACH COMPANY
NEEDS TO ASSESS
THE RISK OF A
BYOD POLICY
VERSUS THE
COST OF ISSUING
COMPANY-OWNED
DEVICES.
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