Tom, I agree with your points below 100%, backup, ups, virus scanning..... One other thing I have implemented in out security policy which stops a ton of viruses before they get into the office is: I have set my firewall to automatically strip off all exe, com, vbs, and possabley a few other file types from all inbound e-mail. People have no business sending these file types. I do allow zip and doc files. At least these file types don't automatically execute when you open them. I suppose someone could put a worm in a word document, but anyway. Troy Sosamon Denver, Co. >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== >G'day David, > >At 06:13 30/06/01 +0100, you wrote: >>(Or are such scare stories just a way to keep Tax Payers chipping in to >>defence budgets ???) > >Just to add my tuppence ha'penny worth... > >Sorry you were touched, pleased you were so little affected by the virus. > >The Merchants of Chaos will always endeavour to make the environment >more dangerous than it is, so that they can sell another newspaper/obtain >more appropriations etc. but reasons aplenty already exist for us all to be >promoting an effective data insurance program for our clients (and ourselves). > >This virus was passed on to me by a local mate (inadvertently) and ever >since his machine has been running dog slow. He was also infected >by a trojan horse that used similar methods to propagate. He has >installed Norman anti-virus software so the risk of anything else passing >through is considerably reduced. > >I have been running Zone Alarm ever since the firewall discussion >some time ago and recommended he download and install the same, >which he has. > >I also recommended he not network his internet access machine to his >workstation as the potential downside from some attack that slipped past >both the anti-virus software as well as the firewall would be catastrophic, >both in his case as well as mine, maybe yours too. > >How often do we end up saying the same things to different clients/ >prospects? After a while what we say sounds like a broken record and >just to keep some interest in our lives (or because we forget) we cease >saying the same old things. > >There is an almost humerous (if it weren't tragic) expression in the insurance >industry, 'Oh, we tried that and it worked, so we stopped doing it.' > >So I don't sound like a broken record I have just starting writing an article, >principally for my clients, detailing the major threats to their data security >as well as the suggested remedies. > >(I read an article some time ago now that 90% of business that suffered >a fire did not reopen and of those who did, many were out of business >within 6 months.) > >The major threats include: >Power fluctuations >Power failures >Hard drive failures >Hardware theft >Viruses >Hackers >Fire (and other disasters) > >and the solutions: >UPS >UPS >RAID card or NAS (Networked Attached Storage) with RAID >Backups >Anti-virus software >Firewalls >Off site backups > >I am at the information gathering stage and would appreciate any >data you have that may be useful. Statistics, horror stories, clutches >from the jaws of data death are all invited. I have one or two of my own >but, as usual, the resources of the list are infinitely larger than my own >experiences. > >If anyone would like a copy of the article when it is done please email me >privately. If there is any demand to do so I may end up posting it on my >web site so you can refer clients to it to back up your recommendations. > >At 06:13 30/06/01 +0100, you wrote: >>Stay Clean and may McAfee be with you. > >And you too! > >Warmest regards, > > >Tom Grimshaw >coy: Just For You Software >tel: 612 9552 3311 >fax: 612 9566 2164 >mobile: 0414 675 903 > >post: PO Box 470 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia >street: 3/66 Wentworth Park Rd Glebe NSW 2037 > >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >web: www.just4usoftware.com.au > >This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential to the >intended recipient and may be privileged. If you have received this email >inadvertently or you are not the intended recipient, you may not >disseminate, distribute, copy or in any way rely on it. Further, you should >notify the sender immediately and delete the email from your computer. >Whilst we have taken precautions to alert us to the presence of computer >viruses, we cannot guarantee that this email and any files transmitted with >it are free from such viruses. Troy Sosamon Denver Co [EMAIL PROTECTED]
