The bug that besets a Windows network today is very likely to infect a Linux or Unix network connected to it. Similarly, companies that fail to secure their Linux networks may find rogue code spreading and infecting interconnected Windows networks. Security is one of the foremost and fundamental components of the network infrastructure Latest News about network infrastructure and one that will negatively or positively impact the daily operations of any business. No software code or hardware device, be it proprietary oropen source Latest News about open source, is immune to hacks.

That said, there are two crucial facts that nearly always get left out of discussions about operating systems and security. The first is that users are (or should be) accepting equal responsibility with their vendors for data defense. The second is that the biggest threat to the security of open source and Linux networks is the misperception that these networks are somehow immune to security breaches by virtue of the fact that they are not running Windows. In both the first and second instances, complacency constitutes the biggest threat to security.

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