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http://www.finextra.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=17045

The number of vulnerabilities found in bank IT systems has risen by a fifth in the past year, according to a UK report by Internet security company NTA Monitor.

The NTA report details the most common vulnerabilities from testing a wide range of industry verticals in both the public and private sector.

It’s not just the vulnerabilities, those technical issues in Windows/Linux which need to be fixed by operating system fixes, its the layered applications, the server configuration.

That users have full access to the file system, or that my application service account needs admin rights can easily undermine your IT infrastructure, think big picture, that you need to dual focus the task:
Patch the server estate ensuring that all the relevant service packs/patches are applied in line with your standards/Microsoft/Red Hat etc.
Lock down the servers within the constraints of the applications – signing off any associated risk if fixes from a cost/benefit analysis aren’t worth fixing.

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