Emerging Internet ThreatsGraham Connolly

WebsenseTerritory Manager

Australia & New Zealand

Bandwidth HogsBandwidth Hogs

Productivity DrainsProductivity Drains

Security RisksSecurity Risks Inappropriate MaterialInappropriate Material

80% of network security managers claim their biggest security threat comes from their own employees.

Gartner

Websense EnterpriseWebsense Enterprise

3m users sharing 4.2m GB

Over Port 80 – Firewall can’t block

e.g. Lord of The Rings: 1.4GB

Spyware

• Information leakage• Bandwidth problems• PC stability problems:

– Dell: 12 percent of all consumer tech support calls caused by spyware (Wired, May 04)

– Microsoft: 50% of all computer crashes reported by its customers are caused by spyware (Wired, May 04)

Ad-aware

www.lavasoftusa.com

Spybot

www.spybot.info

Embedded virus code in webpage

Phishing

• Fraudulent websites designed to fool recipients into divulging personal financial data such as credit card numbers, account usernames and passwords.– Credit card fraud– Identity theft– Financial loss.

• November 2003 = 28 scams• April 2004 = 1125 scams• 5% of recipients to respond

source:antiphishing.org

Streaming Media

• Radio– 10 users, 8 hours per day, 20 days per month = 20GB

• Video– 5 minute video = 16MB at 60k/sec

Instant Messaging

• Port tunneling• Attachments• Hacking / viruses

Websense Explorer

Analytics & Forensics

Reporting Demo

Addressing the Threats

• Employee Hacking– Block access to hacking websites and applications

• Music, porn, games, movie downloads– Kill the P2P protocol on your network

• Malicious and Phished websites– Block access to infected or scammed sites

• Spyware– Block outbound communication and websites

• Streaming Media– Manage who and when SM can be accessed

• Security hole via Instant Messaging– Block attachments

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gconnolly@websense.com

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