Difference between revisions of "Infection costs"

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Email is a business critical tool but it also has the ability to seriously compromise an organization's activities in a number ways:
 
Email is a business critical tool but it also has the ability to seriously compromise an organization's activities in a number ways:
  
* downtime on a critical communications tool
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* Downtime on a critical communications tool
* loss of confidentiality
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* Loss of confidentiality
* loss of reputation
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* Loss of reputation
* loss of productivity
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* Loss of productivity
* valuable time & resources spent on disinfecting machines; and
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* Valuable time & resources spent on disinfecting machines; and
* irretrievable data loss.
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* Irretrievable data loss.
  
 
Should a virus infect your network, the exact costs will depend on the size of the company.
 
Should a virus infect your network, the exact costs will depend on the size of the company.
  
 
[[Category:Viruses]]
 
[[Category:Viruses]]

Latest revision as of 12:16, 17 February 2012

If a virus infects my company what are the costs?

Email is a business critical tool but it also has the ability to seriously compromise an organization's activities in a number ways:

  • Downtime on a critical communications tool
  • Loss of confidentiality
  • Loss of reputation
  • Loss of productivity
  • Valuable time & resources spent on disinfecting machines; and
  • Irretrievable data loss.

Should a virus infect your network, the exact costs will depend on the size of the company.