Not if you use a Mac ;) Dave Snowden: “Since I’ve left IBM I’ve had fewer virus attacks working in an open Web environment than I did in a secure corporate environment.”
Another non-issue. Teach people responsible use of the internet. Oh, and make sure your IT group has the latest patches installed.
Cloud computing does not generate viruses
Not if you have up-to-date virus protection in place. This certainly hasn’t stopped people using email, where viruses are rife.
Again this is a root issue in IT or training/implementation. if u train, retrain, & follow-up, it will b the same ppl who cont to mess up repeatedly. So take corrective action & remove individual privileges instead of corporate privileges.
No more viruses than by using the internet. Invest in AntiVirus software and EDUCATE your staff in basic internet security!
Never have had one in my life from Social Media but have had many from people
You might, unless 1) your IT department stays on top of the latest patches, which they should be doing anyway and 2) you don’t communicate with your staff about how to avoid malware attacks. Also, if you insist on using PCs rather than Macs.
is the job of the IT department
So get better anti-virus protection software and better processes to update your computer with latest patches.
That’s a risk with all IT, and your IT department should block that at the firewall. You don’t block other IT, you still have email, and ERPs, and other software. Why would you treat this any differently?
Avoiding risk by banning activity is like barricading your house and never letting anyone in or out to protect yourself from crime, accidents, or illness. The keys to risk management are to implement sensible protections, educate employees, and provide the necessary guidance for them to leverage the tools in the safest way possible.
Errr, no, thanks! I’m a Mac, I work with my iPhone, my iPod Touch and my iPad, sitting right next to my MacBook Pro. Viruses? No, not for this knowledge worker, I am afraid. But even if I were on a Windows platform, I trust the links and information / knowledge shared by my social networks and know exactly what to click and what not. That’s why nurturing them has taken so much effort and energy over the course of the years. They are my social collaborative filter and they feed me with the best content available out there, and no viruses at all. Remember trust? I trust them to help me find the right information, just as much as they trust me to do my bit of sharing and feed them back with what they need. No stinking viruses over here. Thanks very much.
Ok – this one is sorta true. One of my least favorite sysadmin moments was the aftermath of the sasser virus. This virus was spread by clicking links in IMs – usually from one of your (infected) buddies. The IM would say something like “hey look at the pics you are in”. Worst memory: chatting with a QA friend, in his cube. I had *just* told him not to click on links in IM. He got an IM from another QA person, and clicked on the link as I said “nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo”.For the record, this is one reason companies started blocking IM. The virus was so nasty, we couldn’t get servers on the network and get them updated faster than the virus would mutate and infect the new server. This impacted customer projects. Not good for the bottom lineI bet I’m not the only person who remembers this. I don’t have a good idea how to counter-act this reason, because I think its a reasonable fear. Sorry everyone!!
Yes we will. Not from social media per se, but sure, we’ll get viruses. We already have some, in fact. The only way not to get them would be to detach all computer inputs, including disk drives, networks and keyboards. So you’d have computers. You couldn’t do anything with them, but they’d be secure! Useless, but secure.