Business Information Security - Is Your Network Safe?

Newscasts are replete with stories about computer network hacking episodes and terrible tales of sensitive information being pilfered from business files. Data theft is big business, and companies both large and small must always have the technologies in place that are one step ahead of these criminals. A good computer networking service can help you install the serious security measures that will protect both your interests and your sensitive information. Here are some ways to do it.

Firewalls

A Firewall will inspect all incoming traffic and will only allow your network to communicate with trusted sources. The configuration of the Firewall can be adjusted to accommodate your company's individual needs, and the automatic rejection of suspicious materials right at your doorstep takes the guesswork out of who is safe and who is not.

VPN (Virtual Private Network)

You don't want sensitive information that travels within your system to get accessed from the outside. Imagine general internet traffic as a large lake; a VPN set up on your network is like a private tunnel passing through and under the water. You are using the internet to communicate yet those outside the tunnel do not have access to the encrypted data which travels through it.

Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

With this kind of security measure in place, only authorized and credentialed users are allowed any kind of access to the data base. Every transaction on the network is tracked as well as recorded so that any problems can be immediately traced. This system is flexible enough to provide personalized access to different portals and can be customized to fit any company's own needs.

These are just a few of the security systems that a good computer networking service can add to your network to help keep both your incidental and your sensitive information safe from outsiders: today's businesses simply cannot afford the risk of doing without.