Summary

After reading this chapter, you should understand the importance of intranet security and be nervous about what might happen to your job if you take the issue lightly. Hopefully, you will take adequate measures to reasonably protect yourself, your organization, your network, and your data. If you're careful and meticulous, even the damage caused by a catastrophic failure triggered by a malicious hacker can be minimized through a solid process that includes well-communicated procedures for dealing with such incidents.

And never underestimate the value of good, accurate, regular back-ups.

The unfortunate reality is that most companies don't invest in security until after a breach has already occurred. Try to minimize your risk of that happening through constant vigilance, thorough preparedness, and good contingency plans. If you do that, then all your users will be happy with their personalized intranet and surf happily ever after.