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How’d That Virus Get Through My Firewall? It Probably Went AROUND It!

Have you ever had a virus infect your company IT network and someone say to you, “Wow. I don’t understand how that got through our firewall!” When that happens, there’s a good chance that someone brought the virus in from the outside by physically carrying a laptop or some form of removable media into the office right past the firewall. This allowed the infection to go “around” instead of “through” the firewall.

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Posted by Mike Foster on February 11th, 2008 in IT Security.

 
 

 

 


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