Firms neglecting remote workers' IT security. (IT News).A survey from Sophos Antivirus software from Sophos Plc, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England (www.sophos.com) that runs in a wide variety of environments including Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix, NetWare and Network Appliance storage systems. Used worldwide, Sophos is noted for its fast performance. has revealed that many companies are neglecting the security of their remote workers' IT systems. The result of last month's poll of 3,000 IT systems administrators found that companies are diligent dil·i·gent adj. Marked by persevering, painstaking effort. See Synonyms at busy. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin d about updating their office-based anti-virus software--66 percent of frans are doing so on a daily basis. However, 70 percent are updating their remote workers' anti-virus protection on just a weekly or less frequent basis. Indeed, 45 percent of businesses polled are relying on monthly updates alone to update their remote workforce's protection. The Government's new flexible working legislation, enabling eligible workers to apply for more flexible working hours, is likely to increase the popularity of remote working. Sophos says that, by failing to update anti-virus protection for remote users, companies are creating a critical hole in their networks which will be exacerbated by an increased number of remote users. Neglecting remote users' IT security is like having a bucket A reserved amount of memory that holds a single item or multiple items of data. Bucket is somewhat synonymous to "buffer," although buffers are usually memory locations for incoming data records, while buckets tend to be smaller holding areas for calculations. See hash table, buffer and variable. with a hole in it. 'Businesses are largely aware of the importance of applying anti-virus updates in-house In-house In the context of general equities, keeping an activity within the firm. For example, rather than go to the marketplace and sell a security for a client to anyone, an attempt is made to find a buyer to complete the transaction with the firm. , but this mindset mind·set or mind-set n. 1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations. 2. An inclination or a habit. hasn't extended to incorporate off-site workers. Diligent IT administrators are seriously compromising their security efforts by not enforcing stricter security policies covering remote workers' computers.' With a rise in the popularity of home working, computers are often used for both work and leisure. Home workers using their laptops or work PCs to download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. web content or share files over peer-to-peer platforms further increase their vulnerability to virus infection. As viruses can spread far and wide in minutes, it is essential that updates are as regular as possible. Updating remote workers' anti-virus protection can be managed with administration tools which monitor company computers outside the network and update as required. Sophosls Remote Update can be deployed to update remote computers with the latest virus protection and upgrades of Sophos Anti-Virus Sophos Anti-Virus is an anti-virus, anti-spyware and HIPS software program by Sophos plc, which is aimed primarily at corporate environments. Centralised management is performed via Sophos Enterprise Console. It is believed to be the Anti-Virus used by Gmail[1]. software. Sophos's poll was completed by more than 3,000 systems administrators at companies worldwide. www.sophos.com |
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