As an IT solution provider you’ve probably spent countless hours educating customers and end users about the need for security measures such as firewalls, data loss prevention, antivirus and vulnerability management. But often the riskiest variables in any office environment are the ones that your clients would never think are threats.
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USB Thumb Drives
Removable devices are now the number one means of propagating malware. If your clients were to find a thumb drive in the parking lot, their impulse likely would be to plug it in and see what's on there. But that's a recipe for trouble.
Garbage Can
Good ol' fashioned dumpster diving hasn't gone out of style among the data theft community. Throwing away paper documents with important data is just as risky as leaving the network wide open.
Copy Machines
Many of your clients may not know it, but copy machines and printers retain a raft of data if they aren't configured correctly--a fact that could be taken advantage of by malicious insiders or social engineers walking in the door.
The Front Door
Speaking of the door, how many times have your clients' employees allowed a stranger to just waltz on in behind them without a key card? And, for that matter, how many of your clients even use physical access cards.
iPhones
They may be fun and useful business tools, but iPhones and iPods pose as much of a threat to the business environment as any other USB-enabled device.
Post-It Notes
Jotting down usernames and passwords on a bit of sticky stationary may be convenient, but it sure does jack up the risks to the data that those credentials are meant to protect.
Office Directory
The typical office directory is a treasure trove of information for a social engineer seeking to cozy up to unwitting employees in order to gain information to carry out further attacks.
Delivered Flowers
A flower arrangement and a halfway-convincing delivery uniform is better than an access card with unlimited scope to a wily attacker seeking to obtain physical access to office and computer resources.
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