Author: ITMJ Reader
Re: Ian Palmer’s article, “Why simplifying network security is critical,” June 7, 2005:
While I agree with Mr. Palmer’s position that it is simpler to manage a less-diverse network, I contend that this approach may make you more vulnerable to outside attack.
While it is a given that it is simpler and cheaper to manage a system the more homogeneous it is, a successful attack on such a system could be far more devastating. If a zero-day virus written for a specific attack target (say, Windows 2003) is released, and all your servers are of that variety, potentially all of your systems will be nearly simultaneously compromised.
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