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Virtual round table panel tackles security issues
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Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 03:22:26 -0500
http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/computing/2000/0008031124.asp?A=SEC&S=Security&T=Section&O=C BY STAFF REPORTER, ITWEB [Johannesburg, 3 August 2000] - Yesterday's online security round table, hosted by ITWeb, saw five local security experts hammer out the issues facing South African corporate companies today. Topics ranged from denial of service attacks to the threat of modems on the LAN. The topic of an Internet service provider's (ISP) responsibility versus the user's responsibility especially corporate users was hotly debated: Business should never abdicate responsibility, commented Chris Davis, director of network security for Netcom. Craig Levy, operations director of Data Pro Business Online, noted that while most customers are aware of security issues, they refuse to spend another cent, as they see the cost already being too high. They might acknowledge it but they won't do anything about it. Ian Melamed, CTO of Satellite Safe and MD of Ian Melamed Secure Computing, commented: How can you expect clients to be aware of these implications? With the rapid growth we are experiencing, at any point half the users have less than six months of experience. Effective security requires that you deny access first and only allow ports to be open. According to the panel, the local hacking community seems to be quite advanced, but with the pervasiveness of the Internet, a hacker's location becomes irrelevant. I think the level is fairly high, bearing in mind that we are using a medium that is pervasive where info sharing is exceedingly easy. The location of a hacker becomes pretty irrelevant, said Etienne Greeff, director of Information Security Architects. Being an ISP, we find our customers trying to access certain ports on foreign networks day in and out. It's difficult to police and control your customer base, noted Levy. However, it needs to be done. ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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