Shielding the shopfloor

Posted on 11 Jan 2008 by The Manufacturer

Today’s networked enterprise is not only vulnerable to viruses and spam arriving through the office systems, the shopfloor is also under attack. Brian Davis reports on shopfloor IT security

T raditional virus checkers, firewalls and spam alerts installed on the office systems are no longer sufficient to insulate the enterprise systems from damage and malicious interference – and the risks are significant. The points of entry are also multiplying. Contract maintenance staff, for example, plug in USB sticks; portable devices such as smart phones…

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