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Small and Medium Businesses: The Threat Landscape and the Plan of Action

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Overview Threats faced by Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) are many and multi-dimensional. As aspiring firms trying to make it big in the cut-throat competition out there, it's imperative that mid-sized businesses recognize the importance of safeguarding their Information Systems. A comprehensive solution plan that offers the best-of-breed protection in every aspect of security is the need of the hour. It should provide centralized management, enable Integrated Policy Enforcement and reduce the administrative over-head to a near zero.

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Publisher	MicroWorld Technologies	File Format	PDF
Date Published	July 2007
Format	White Papers
Topics	Infrastructure Management, Network Security, Security Management

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