SHARED COMPUTERS

Shared Computers
In the IT community, it is often said that shared computers are like public bathrooms, they may appear clean, but are usually chock full of viruses. Thankfully, the danger of shared computers is one network threat that you can largely render harmless by limiting the activities that you and your employees perform.

Prevention
If you or your employees use public computers, don't permit them to log into important online accounts, especially those containing financial details. You never know when a keylogger might be lying in wait, ready to steal your password and then your company’s money. Going beyond just avoiding accessing sensitive data through public computers, if you can avoid it, forbid your employees from logging into any network accounts at all on any public computers. While enforcement of this policy is difficult, simply educating your staff on the dangers of using public computers is often sufficient to eliminate most of these incidents.