Many physician practices run free versions of anti-virus software or none at all. Anti-virus is critical to maintaining the health of the network. Not only can a virus infiltrate the network, but also allows “back-doors” for a hacker to cause further damage. Everyone has heard the destructive stories of virus attacks dating back to the earliest publicity of the "I love you" virus, but not everyone is updating or even installing this software.
SupportNet recommends this preventative measure should be taken with one of the top three vendors: Trend Micro, Symantec or McAfee. Software licenses should be maintained as future malware will only be prevented with software updates. Purchasing longer lengthed license agreements - such as 2 or 3 years will decrease the per license cost.
SupportNet also provides hosted email scanning to all customers at no cost, to ensure email arrives to the servers in a healthy state. This is just an added layer in healthcare IT security.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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