Techniques for Securing Networks Against Criminal Attacks

The main Internet security problems nowadays can be reduced to three major fields: Hackers have software programs that scan automatically networks for security weaknesses, more and more PC’s are connect directly to the Internet without using security mechanisms and E-Commerce paradigms require high quality consumer access that contradicts security objectives. As we will show in this paper, several means of defense can help to prevent hackers from successfully compromising a network. We will present classes of technical and organizational solutions to avoid criminal attacks. A central aspect of our idea leads to a reorientation of Internet users behavior.