ScanSafe 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 tranmission
of viruses as well as claims for denial of service.
- Confidentiality Risks - Refers to the
impact of unauthorized 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.