We need a new model of network security if we are to keep hackers from penetrating our organisational systems. That`s the warning from Dov Herdan, MD of local network security specialist SMC Electronic Commerce.
"Hackers recently made headlines when they bypassed various organisations` security systems during the school holidays," comments Herdan. "But we need to ask what we`re doing to neutralise the threat."
Herdan advises that existing systems cannot keep the hackers out. A new model of network security is needed; it`s known as adaptive network security, and it`s a model of security being introduced to South Africa at the Internet Security Systems (ISS) launch in Sandton on 13 August.
"We fear, quite rightly, for the security of our computer systems. They are open and vulnerable to all manner of attacks from gifted young men whose sole purpose in life, it seems, is to outsmart designers of such systems. And they`re winning, as the headlines make quite clear. That`s because traditional security activity is static, when it needs to be adaptive," says Herdan.
The basis for today`s organisational security programme must evolve from the ad hoc approach to an analytical approach that includes sound analysis of operational requirements and accurate threat and vulnerability data.
"It is vital that you address your security issues, and find your security holes before the hackers do," adds Herdan.
* To attend the network security launch, contact Fiona Ziniades at fiona@smcgroup.co.za.
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