TABLE OF CONTENTS We ve all been in a situation where we ve had to deal with champagne taste on a beer budget. In other words, your company may want to protect its employees from spyware and the like, but it refuses to put into its budget the extra money required for such preventative measures. It can be very frustrating to find out that you re being asked to cook the dinner without being allowed to buy any groceries. This chapter provides some budget-friendly solutions to dealing with spyware and other issues.
| Tip | When used on their own, many of the solutions discussed in this chapter may not be as effective as commercial applications, which often provide more complete protection and multiple options for deployment, configuration, and reporting, as well as expanded capabilities for spyware blocking, detection, and removal. However, it is possible to use several of these solutions to provide protection that approaches the effectiveness of commercial applications. By implementing a multilayered approach with several of the solutions outlined in this chapter, you can secure your environment quite effectively. |
Perhaps the most common way to become infected with spyware is through everyday Web surfing. Browsers require a great deal of user interaction, making it easy for a malicious user to trick someone into loading spyware on their machine. Many malicious Web sites try installing spyware through several methods, including:
Social engineering
Drive-by downloads
ActiveX and JavaScript
As Web browsing is very common in the workplace, it becomes a challenge to...
