Network Security Appliances

Network Security Across the Enterprise – Stop Gap Measures to Help You Protect Your Network

Today’s business networks consist of numerous remote access connections from employees and outsourcing firms. Too often, the inherent security risks arising from these connections outside the network are overlooked. Continuous improvements have been made that can enhance security in today’s network infrastructure; taking particular focus on the users accessing the network externally and monitoring access end- points are critical for businesses to protect their digital assets.

Installing the correct software for the specific needs of your IT infrastructure is essential to having the best security protection possible. Many companies install “off the shelf” security software and assume they are protected. Unfortunately, that is not the case due to the nature of today’s network threats. Threats are diverse in nature, including the usual spam, spyware, viruses, trojans, worms, and the occasional possibility that a hacker has targeted your servers.

The proper security solution for your organization will neutralize virtually all of these threats to your network. Too often, with only a software package installed, network administrators spend a lot of their time at the perimeter of the network defending its integrity by manually fending off attacks and then manually patching the security breach. (more…)

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Security Vulnerability Assessment

How to Identify Vulnerabilities and Services Server when Conducting Security Assessment

One method that hackers could go back to the computer / server is to exploit the vulnerability of the operating system or through active service on the server. Do not be surprised there may be other active Windows service running on a PC or server that you do not need. You do not conquer hacking but with this service and operating system patches up to date, it is difficult for hackers to penetrate into your system.

I’ve done Security Assessment for a number of companies have been watching the server and services such as FTP, IIS, SMTP, SQL servers running on them that the administrators are not aware.

Rule of thumb is to make sure the server or PC patched up to date and unnecessary services disabled. If there is a budget for reserves, invest in a reputation IPS (Intrusion Prevention Systems) to complete the firewall.

Intruder with some basic skills that can strike into the server (even remote control the server) to exploit the vulnerability if they are not properly patched. Once the intruder has command line access to the server, he can then rise to superuser status (there are several ways to do that). This is where the real damage can be done. (more…)

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Small Business Network Security

5 Steps To Securing Your Small Business Computer Network

All businesses need to safeguard their information assets, but small businesses have a particular challenge: to secure their information easily and cheaply using the device. Small business owners who are not “computer nerd” This article describes five steps to free and easy to achieve effective information security.

Step 1: Lock the Door – Firewall

Any computer or computer network connected to the Internet vulnerable to attack from the attacker. Attackers (or hackers) to find computers with weak security. To exploit security vulnerabilities an attacker needs access to a computer, the most easily obtained through the Internet connection that already exists. The attacker can probe the target computer with a connection to the Internet to find security weaknesses. A firewall helps prevent attackers from the probe to restrict data entry and exit travel through the Internet connection. In this way, the “open door” of the Internet connection is “locked” and only the data that is approved by the firewall allowed in or out. Attacker effectively blinded. (more…)

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Network security management

Network Security Management Services

By Smith Jolene

Network security is to secure both public and private computer networks, used every day to conduct transactions among businesses and individuals. Any business related to IT network system needs to make sure to establish a strong, secure network for their data and systems. There is an increasing need to secure your networks within organizations. To achieve network security, all requirements have to be met to use networks securely.

Organizations spend a large amount of their business on IT network security. It is necessary that networks themselves have the appropriate levels of security. An effective and valuable network security strategy requires identifying the threats and choosing most effective tools to struggle them. Email security management and Antivirus security are effective services in keeping a critical data and communications safe from intruders or attacks and other threats to security. (more…)

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