White Papers for Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)

Cost-Effectively Blocking Undesired Web and Email Traffic at the Gateway

Trend Micro

All businesses, large and small, face the same types of potential Internet security breaches. However, the manner in which small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) protect themselves from these threats varies greatly. Large enterprises are able to establish, fund, and staff security-specific groups whose charters are dedicated to architecting, managing, and maintaining secure corporate infrastructures. In many cases, tens of millions of dollars are allocated to ensure optimal service levels of corporate infrastructure security.In sharp contrast, SMBs, by necessity, focus the lion’s share of their financial and human resources on funding, managing, growing, and competing for market share in their respective industries. Consequently, the resources available on an ongoing basis to acquire, design, deploy, and support their security infrastructures are, in many cases, in short supply. As a result, information security among SMBs is primarily approached reactively rather than proactively.IDC believes it is imperative for SMBs to seek security solutions that proactively address not only the emerging threat environment but also the management and operational cost issues facing them. In today’s e-business environment, Internet security is an absolute necessity for conducting business.

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