The threats to a directory are many, and if appropriate safeguards are not maintained, a company may not even know when a directory has been compromised. The primary threats include theft, destruction and alteration of information (including user privileges). The potential . . .
The threats to a directory are many, and if appropriate safeguards are not maintained, a company may not even know when a directory has been compromised. The primary threats include theft, destruction and alteration of information (including user privileges). The potential result of a data loss or alteration ranges from the merely embarrassing, to the libelous (if competitive information is exposed), to the expensive (if the company is held liable for the exposure). Even less-sensitive breaches can have an enormous impact on consumer confidence in a company if the exposure is public (such as a cracker defacing a corporate Web site).