Twenty steps to better security: The SANS institute and the FBI have issued guidance to help companies target their most dangerous network vulnerabilities. (Tech Talk).(System Administration, Networking and Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation)(Brief Article)

Security Management, January, 2002 by Piazza, Peter

Applying ancient wisdom to the Vietnam War, Lyndon Johnson once said that peace was "a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time." The road to securing a network exposed to the perils of the Internet is likewise long and arduous, but thanks to an expanded list of common Internet security vulnerabilities, it will be a lot easier to take the first twenty steps of that journey.

The SANS (System Administration, Networking, and Security) Institute, along with the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), has released the Top Twenty Internet Security Vulnerabilities. This Top Twenty list is especially important because most attacks against computer systems are launched against common weaknesses, and patching those holes can...

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