Data Loss Prevention - 7 Identified Threats Against Your Data
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of CDW for SocialSpark . All opinions are 100% mine. In this age of information technology, people can easily access information by just a click of a mouse. This ease of information access both has its advantages and disadvantages. Knowledge used for good purposes is a good thing but among the disadvantages are the seven identified threats that I'll mention below: 1) MALWARE MENACE Malware aims to infiltrate a computer without the owner's consent leading to, capturing of passwords, replacement of vital system executables and control key functions via rootkits and an array of other viruses, worms and Trojan horses (among other things). 2) ATTACKS ON WEB BROWSERS / HOSTILE EMAIL ATTACHMENTS Web browsers and emails are convenient targets and are the easy way in for thieves into an organization. For example, thieves may use pop-up ads to indicate that a computer is infected wit