<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="concept" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="Risk: Workstation damage" /> <meta name="abstract" content="This topic describes security risks to workstations and provides recommendations for reducing these risks." /> <meta name="description" content="This topic describes security risks to workstations and provides recommendations for reducing these risks." /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzamvsecurityinternet.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="riskworkstation" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>Risk: Workstation damage</title> </head> <body id="riskworkstation"><a name="riskworkstation"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Risk: Workstation damage</h1> <div><p>This topic describes security risks to workstations and provides recommendations for reducing these risks.</p> <p>A Web page that your user visits might have an associated <span class="q">"program,"</span> such as a Java™ applet, an Active-X control, or some other type of plug-in. This type of <span class="q">"program"</span> when run on a PC has the potential to damage the information on the PC. As a security administrator, consider the following for protecting PCs in your organization:</p> <ul><li>Understand the security options of the different browsers that your users have. For example, to prevent Java applets from damaging PC data, you can control the access that Java applets have outside the browser.</li> <li>Make recommendations to your users about their browser settings. You must educate users about the potential risks of improper settings.</li> </ul> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzamvsecurityinternet.htm" title="Use this information to learn about common security threats from using Internet browsers.">Security considerations for internet browsers</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>