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Instead of worrying about who could be attacking their network, managers should concentrate on eliminating vulnerabilities that allow attacks to be made.

Whether we realize it or not, we’re making a security trade-off every time we try a new cell phone service, upgrade our PC operating system or simply walk out of an electronics store with any new device that uses silicon chips to interact with other ones.

Qualys, the leader in Managed Vulnerability Assessment, today introduces its new QualysGuard Intranet Scanner, providing security audits and network mapping inside the corporate firewall.

The Intranet Scanner is a network appliance that enables companies to scan internal hosts, servers, and devices, and alert network managers to vulnerabilities and internal threats.

Qualys’ web-based vulnerability assessment service, QualysGuard, will provide Deloitte & Touche with a sophisticated tool to continuously audit their customers’ corporate networks for exposures.

Can someone hack your computer from a website? You can find out by visiting Qualys’s Browsercheck and letting its software try a few tricks - though it only works with Windows and Internet Explorer. The site is informative, quick, easy to use and suggests remedies where it finds vulnerabilities.