[Jason Springer]

Some of the risks and vulnerabilities that companies face today in regard to networking include updated malware attacks that could attack weaker areas in the company and the possibility of extreme weather such as hurricanes in Florida or wildfires in California. These extreme weather examples aren’t going to happen every day in certain areas but they are more common and should be addressed when planning to expand or construct buildings in these areas. Malware attacks on the other hand are constantly evolving as technology grows and people become more and more knowledgeable about how different technologies function. One way that these attacks get through is by another vulnerability where an employee or owner has a lack of ways to detect fraud which allows hackers to get into the network. A policy that could be mitigated to reduce network compromise is changing passwords on the devices every six weeks or months to prevent password reuse on the network.