Conficker-Fighting Tips

The wired world is well aware of a new cyberthreat, the Conficker worm. But what does an infection mean to a company’s operations? What does the threat really look and feel like? How, specifically, does it ruin a security person’s week, and, most importantly, how can it be beaten?

In an article on the NetworkWorld website, IT Professional Kristy Westphal breaks down a Conficker infection scenario into how it might transpire in the workplace. She outlines a fictional ten-day Conficker nightmare and helps the reader through each stage, from employees “mumbling about being locked out (of the network)” to “you realize that running your anti-virus software alone may not clean the virus” to “it starts to sink in that this may never fully go away.”

Westphal offers tips and lessons at each phase of the Conflicker battle. To read her article, click here:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/090925-conficker.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2009-09-28