The challenges you face in balancing the opportunities of the internet with the threats to security

Organisations today must connect to the internet for a wide variety of reasons – to publicise their services, deal with customer sales and service enquiries, communicate via e-mail, and for e-commerce transactions and customer support. However, the internet is inherently an insecure and potentially hazardous medium, and the immense complexity of modern networks, together with the fluid, diverse nature of the threats and attacks against them, makes it impossible to guarantee their security at all times. Companies need to invest in both static and proactive forms of protection, such as device monitoring and threat response. What is the most efficient and cost-effective way for businesses to protect themselves?