[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]
“As any corporate IT administrator knows, network security is no
longer a luxury, but a necessity. If your network is not secure,
not only do you risk losing valuable corporate information, but you
also run the risk of being liable if your network is used to
disrupt other sites, as with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
attacks. With this in mind, corporations are spending more and more
on network security, even while other corporate spending is being
curtailed.“The educational sector faces the same security challenges as
corporations, but schools often lack the financial resources to
deploy robust network security solutions. Even for those schools
that do have the financial resources, most lack the technical
know-how to implement and manage effective security offerings. A
school district typically does not have a dedicated IT staff, and
security deployed incorrectly can create as many problems as it
solves…”