http://www.paloaltonetworks.com/researchcenter/2009/09/controlling-evasive-applications/ The Palo Alto Networks Research Center Blog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.paloaltonetworks.com/researchcenter/2009/09/controlling-evasive-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-698 Kanwal Sohal Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:03:37 +0000 http://blog.paloaltonetworks.com/?p=709#comment-698 The challenge with today’s perception of technology is that we should be able to access content and use applications without the fear of compromise and negative publicity. The reality of the matter is collaborative/user installed applications provide significant efficiency gains which cannot be ignored. The users/corporate desire to be better connected with web based applications is not the challenge here but the opportunity for cybercriminals to widen their malware net or infection platforms across the net. We now must provide safe use of such applications without prejudice. Delivering safe use of such applications is about gaining an understanding of the application pipe – “Do I know what is coming into my network vs. the potential associated threat”. The challenge with today’s perception of technology is that we should be able to access content and use applications without the fear of compromise and negative publicity. The reality of the matter is collaborative/user installed applications provide significant efficiency gains which cannot be ignored. The users/corporate desire to be better connected with web based applications is not the challenge here but the opportunity for cybercriminals to widen their malware net or infection platforms across the net. We now must provide safe use of such applications without prejudice. Delivering safe use of such applications is about gaining an understanding of the application pipe – “Do I know what is coming into my network vs. the potential associated threat”.

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