Fire, flood, theft, viruses, worms, trojan horses, hackers, disgruntled employees - organisations today face an ever-growing number of threats to their IT systems. Nobody can afford to ignore these threats when the potential consequences include loss of data, loss of service and - perhaps most damaging - loss of reputation and customer confidence.
We provide a number of products and services aimed at reducing or eliminating these risks. We supply firewalls, sophisticated anti-virus and intrusion detection systems, content scanners, strong authentication products and encryption devices - and we can encrypt data on laptops, handhelds and PDAs to keep it safe in the event of loss or theft.
On the services side, we can carry out security assessments to see how vulnerable your networks are, and then work with you to make them more secure. We can also design and implement Disaster Recovery procedures, and mirror your data to secure offsite servers.
If you pass on a virus to another organisation, or if a hacker launches an attack on someone else from one of your servers that has been compromised, you can be held liable for the damage caused. Now is the time to make sure your networks are secure - before someone else finds out that they aren't.
Why should I be concerned about security?
Any organisation that uses email or has a connection to the Internet is at risk.
There are hundreds of thousands of viruses, worms and Trojan Horses circulating
around the Internet, many of which will destroy data and even cause permanent
damage to servers and workstations. As well as losing data, IT systems that
are infected with viruses or worms will often be down for days, sometimes even
weeks. In some cases it’s bad enough to put a company out of business
permanently.
I have anti-virus software, so presumably I’m safe?
Not at all. There are all sorts of other risks – hackers can break into
your network through Internet connections or via Trojan Horses sent via email
or downloaded from the Internet. Then of course there are disgruntled employees
– perhaps staff who bear a grudge or who have been given their notice;
they can cause an enormous amount of damage to an unsecured network. The vast
majority of networks – even those not connected to the Internet –
are shockingly vulnerable.
Why would hackers be interested in my company?
It used to be the case that hackers would target large systems - typically government,
military or large corporate sites. These days hackers are after any unsecured
server they can find, so that they can store their programs on it and use it
to launch attacks on other networks. And because they use automated tools to
scan the Internet for servers which aren’t secured, you are just as likely
to be hit as anyone else. During tests, we connected an unsecured server to
the Internet to see how long it would take someone to find it. It was probed
within sixty seconds.
What would happen if our servers were compromised?
Compromised servers are typically used for launching attacks on other networks.
If this happens, the attack would be traced back to your servers and you could
be held liable for any damage caused to others. If your mail servers are unsecured,
they will be found and used for relaying junk email (known as “spam”)
around the Internet. At best this will make you very unpopular and cause your
mail server to be blacklisted; at worst this will bring your mail server to
its knees and prevent you from sending or receiving your own email. We have
seen mail servers used so heavily for relaying spam that the mail server has
crashed, and crashed so badly that it wouldn’t boot up again. If you’re
infected with a worm, you may have to re-install every server and every workstation
from scratch in order to get rid of it.
What can you do for me?
We can carry out security surveys to see how vulnerable your networks and servers
are. We then discuss our findings with you, and identify the issues that need
to be addressed most urgently. We will then work with you to secure the network
and make sure that you are protected against the most common threats. We supply
a wide range of security products such as anti-virus software, firewalls and
authentication devices to protect your networks and servers.
What if I can’t afford to spend any money
on security?
You can’t afford not to. You could lose your data, lose your systems for
weeks, lose your reputation – you could lose your entire business if you’re
unlucky enough to get hacked or catch a nasty virus or worm. In any case, it
doesn’t cost a lot to implement basic security measures which will protect
you from the most common threats.
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