Today, it was widely reported that a new bug exists in MS PowerPoint. The bug is deemed highly critical by some experts.
The great threat to enterprises is from a MS Office document that is infected with malware and is attached to email. The result is that this effectively passes underneath the enterprise firewall and anti-virus radar. The malware then is released from within the enterprise network. It could easily capture you users uid's and passwords used internally.
This is but one of many examples of why enterprises need to deploy a layered identity strategy. In my paper "Battling Botnets and Rootkits - A layered identity strategy" I refer to nine recommended security layers.
Hopefully you are not like most enterprises that still rely upon the firewall, anti-virus software and uid's and passwords as the main lines of defence.
Guy
www.authenticationworld.com
guy.huntington@authenticationworld.com
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