As more businesses launch and depend on e-commerce and business-to-business portals, the importance of security will continue to increase.

• Research and discuss what you believe are the largest threats against network security, and what measures should be taken to protect against such intrusions.

Over the past several years, corporations have lost billions of dollars to computer viruses, malware, DoS attacks, and other malicious attacks.

• Research and discuss how you would protect a network against such attacks, and what your first priority would be if you were a network administrator.