How to stay one step ahead of hackers.

By Alan Rimm-kaufman

To give some sense of the speed of onslaught: A security expert I spoke with said if you placed an unpatched version of MS SQL Server 2000 on a Web server, it would catch the well-known “SqlSlammer” virus from the Internet — within five minutes!

The SANS Institute is a valuable resource for Web security. Each Monday SANS publishes a free newsletter called @RISK, summarizing the worst vulnerabilities detected the past week, and the correct response to protect yourself.