What's Lurking On Your Network?

External Threats

Hackers are not what you see in the movies. There seems to be a prevelant thought among small businesses that they are not targets for hacking. The reality is hackers are like a river, they always follow the path of least resistance.

When protecting yourself from outside attacks it is important to make yourself as much of a challenge as your budget can afford. This is easily accomplished through the use of a business class firewall like those made by SonicWALL.

Remote Access

Many businesses are discovering the benefits of a remote workforce. Reduced physical overhead and increased employee morale are just a couple of the benefits you will enjoy by implimenting a remote workforce, however it is just as important to protect and secure employees working outside the office just as you do the ones at the office.

This means requiring a VPN for all outside connections into the network. We suggest looking into new SSL-VPN technology for simplicity and ease of administration. By choosing SSL, you will be able to allow employees to work from any computer in the world, even Linux and Mac.

Internal Threats

Protecting yourself from inside security threats is just as important. Limiting access to information on the server and keeping passwords secret are a good start, but there needs to be written and enforced policies that clearly outline appropriate use of busienss computer systems.

If you do not currently have written policies in place consider drafting some today. This is not only a good business move but it helps your employees to know exactly what the company expects.

Network Security Tips

Internal Security

• Keep Passwords Private

• Block P2P Apps.

• Create / Enforce Policies

• Limit Access To Server

External Security

• Business Class Firewall

• Current Anti-Virus

• Secure Remote Access