Business Impact
Corporations today face a variety of risks which can negatively impact their operations, productivity and security. The nature of the threats and the impact on your business is represented on the matrix below:
Business Impact Threat Matrix
- Security Risks - Security breaches to your corporate network can result in significant financial and reputational losses as well as compromise control over network assets. Threats include Viruses, Trojans and Spyware attacks.
- Productivity Risks - Business productivity is at risk from unfiltered and unmonitored use of the Internet including use of IM, VoIP and chat room facilities which can severely limit time at work and waste precious IT resources through increased troubleshooting, support and bandwidth congestion.
- Legal Risks - Uncontrolled use of network resources can raise a variety of legal issues, including possible disclosure of proprietary information and exposure to unwanted and often offensive content, claims from transmittions of viruses as well as claims for denial of service.
- Confidentiality Risks - Refers to the impact of unauthorised access and distribution of information assets, such as client information, passwords and research data.
- Compliance Risks - Refers to impact of failure to meet the increasingly complex and growing scope of government regulations relating to effective systems and processes for data control. Regulations include: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Gramm-Leach Bliley Act, Basel II, HIPAA and SAS 70.
For more detailed descriptions of different security threats view the Glossary of Threat Types.
Threat Center
Security Status
Geographical Distribution of Malware
Anatomy of an Attack
