Emerging Internet Threats Graham Connolly Websense Territory Manager Australia & New Zealand

Bandwidth Hogs Productivity Drains Security Risks Inappropriate Material

80% of network security managers claim their biggest security threat comes from their own employees. Gartner

Websense Enterprise

3m users sharing 4.2m GB Over Port 80 – Firewall can’t block e.g. Lord of The Rings: 1.4GB

Spyware Information leakage Bandwidth problems PC stability problems: –Dell: 12 percent of all consumer tech support calls caused by spyware (Wired, May 04) –Microsoft: 50% of all computer crashes reported by its customers are caused by spyware (Wired, May 04)

Ad-aware Spybot

Embedded virus code in webpage

Phishing Fraudulent websites designed to fool recipients into divulging personal financial data such as credit card numbers, account usernames and passwords. –Credit card fraud –Identity theft –Financial loss. November 2003 = 28 scams April 2004 = 1125 scams 5% of recipients to respond source:antiphishing.org

Streaming Media Radio –10 users, 8 hours per day, 20 days per month = 20GB Video –5 minute video = 16MB at 60k/sec

Instant Messaging Port tunneling Attachments Hacking / viruses

Websense Explorer Analytics & Forensics Reporting Demo Reporting Demo

Addressing the Threats Employee Hacking –Block access to hacking websites and applications Music, porn, games, movie downloads –Kill the P2P protocol on your network Malicious and Phished websites –Block access to infected or scammed sites Spyware –Block outbound communication and websites Streaming Media –Manage who and when SM can be accessed Security hole via Instant Messaging –Block attachments

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