Security policy weaknesses

Security policy weaknesses can create unforeseen security threats. The network infrastructure can pose security risks to itself if the system administrator does not follow the security policy, and best practices being used in the industry. Every organization must have a security policy and that should be enforced to all users/admin/infrastructure. Security weaknesses emerge when there is no clear-cut or written baseline security policy document.

Always follow a baseline for all infrastructure gears and networks for compliance with the policy. Systems should be in place to verify non-compliance devices. For example, if you have millions of devices in a network, it's very hard to check if all of them are matching ...

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