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The four layers of Internet Explorer security

SearchWindowsSecurity.com
11.10.2005
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By Benjamin Vigil, Site Editor

This tip originally appeared on SearchWindowsSecurity.com, a sister site of SearchSMB.com.

One can argue that Internet Explorer is the single most difficult application for an administrator to secure. There are multiple reasons for IE vulnerabilities and because of them, there are multiple layers of security needed to properly secure IE.

So why is IE security such a headache for administrators? In my opinion, these are the reasons:

So, it is not really surprising that IE security is such a headache for adminis

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trators -- there are all these reasons why it would be. Just as there are many reasons this is a problem, administrators must remember that there are multiple layers of security needed to counter the security flaws.

I hope this article provided a bit of advice or new resources to help secure your most problematic applications. Don't worry if you come up short with regard to the final layer -- all this month we will be focusing content on involving the user in security.

About the author: Benjamin Vigil is the site editor for SearchWindowsSecurity.com.

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