hi. as per title really. i'm after people's general considerations of the risks of a networked environment...

here are my initial thoughts...

hardware failure, to include server and network equipment. (the loss of a workstation due to hardware failure i would class as trivial - in a networked environment).

infection due to virii / worms etc etc

'hackers'

some solutions to the problems might be:

'acceptable use' policy of the workstations / server to include such things as password protection, downloading from the 'net, personal use of email etc etc

firewall, intrusion detection system

anti-virus software - possible centrally controlled from a 'patch-distribution' server - if the network is large or distributed enough.

resilient hard drives in a raid type configuration and also a tape backup system for server (or perhaps an offsite backup using spare internet bandwidth if not a 24/7 operation).

redundant network topology.

please could anyone point out things that i have not thought of or that i have plain missed!

many thanks!