I have to reply to this article with reference in APA format. The simplest measures to implement in order to help protect against intrusions to the network are some of the more practical applications.
Making sure all security updates and patches are installed and verified is one of the easiest ways to start securing and preventing intrusion. As we've been learning in this class and especially in this last chapter installing, configuring and running Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems are quickly becoming one the more important policies and procedures to apply to a network for proactive protection (Vacca, 2014).
Again as our text book tells us, all the hardware and software in the world is not going to help if the employees are not trained and educated in the ways of security and how to keep data and information safe. Battling against social engineering and being aware of the possible issues with mobile devices and the security in them.
Teaching employees about the security and helping them understand their role in protecting themselves, the company and their clients data and information is also a major proactive measure (Vacca, 2014). The Bible tells us, "Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8, ESV).
This gives the impression we should be proactive against the evils lurking out there. Now the Bible is talking about us being prepared because there is a war going on spiritually against the evil one and we must be ever vigilant in our prayer and Bible study so that we will not be tripped up into sinning and so we can pray and assist others as well. But this lesson, I believe, can also be applied to the lesser evils of men in our approach to security by being proactive in training, teaching, educating, setting up software, hardware, systems, policies and procedures to live our lives in a more protected and prepared fashion against malicious attackers out there. Vacca, J. R. (2014). Network and System Security. Elsevier, Inc.