Q: What are your top recommendations for workstation security?
A: You need to address four basic risks in regard to workstation security. First, you must protect company information on the workstation from theft and disclosure by someone who gains physical access to the computer through theft or loss. Second, you want to prevent the workstation from becoming infected with malware, which can wreak havoc on the workstation as well as your network and expose confidential information. Third, you need to protect the workstation from the end user, who might disable security settings or install unauthorized software, both of which could expose the computer to the problems I previously mentioned, as well as expose the company to legal liability associated with software license violations. Finally, you need to protect against network attacks where an intruder on the network actively breaks into the workstation through an open port or insecure application. . . .
