IT Security - Internal Network Protection
Spyware, Trojans, Viruses, Worms, disgruntled employees and unauthorised applications are just a few examples of potential threats hitting an organisation from the inside.
From misuse of wireless and removable media; to the employee plugging a virus infected laptop onto the internal network; to a peer to peer application gathering malicious software; these threats are causing more and more disruption to the productivity of businesses. Whilst the standard security model for most organisations provides a hard perimeter core, with a soft inner network, these types of threats are being overlooked. This will ultimately affect the ongoing productivity and profitability of any business.
2e2 can design and implement network and host based solutions that will mitigate these risks, isolating and removing the threats before they can cause harm.
Intrusion Detection (IDS) monitors the network for inappropriate, incorrect or ‘out of the ordinary’ activity and identifies possible security breaches. It is one part of protecting a corporate network. The second part is by providing pre-emptive protection - detecting and recognising malicious Internet attacks in real-time and stopping them before they can impact your business. Implementing Intrusion prevention (IPS) measures provides this pre-emptive protection, neutralising threats:
- preserving network availability
- reducing the burden on your IT resources
- preventing securitybreaches
It is not just the threat from outside the network that must be detected and prevented, many of today's attacks are introduced from inside the network. Laptops, PDAs, and other devices travel into and out of the network daily, making it possible for legitimate users to infect the network or unwittingly grant attackers access to the network via a Trojan horse or other spyware.
2e2’s IPS/IDS solution portfolio can includes technologies that protect the network from denial of service attacks, worms and malware from the inside, as well as threats from external sources. Choosing a vendor and an approach can be difficult. 2e2 offers independent advice on the best solution for your business. We partner with the best-of-breed vendors in IPS/IDS, so we are well placed to help you make the right decision.
So why choose 2e2?
- We partner with best-of-breed suppliers such as Checkpoint and Internet Security Solutions, so we can give you independent advice about the right solution for your business. We are the UK’s third largest independent IT security supplier, so you can be assured of our expertise and experience.
- We don’t just sell products, we have an extensive portfolio of solutions encompassing consultancy, implementation and managed services to help our clients address their issues. We understand the security needs and implications across the organisation so we can help you to implement an integrated security policy, rather than the traditional ‘point solutions’ approach.
- Content security is about managing what gets accessed or transmitted across the internet or around a corporate network. Content security can be transported via network traffic like email, or directly accessed through an internet site or URL. All points of transport or access pose a threat, either from internal misuse or from unwanted attack. With new content threats emerging everyday, phishing, spyware, viruses, bots, it is a critical area of security and protecting employees.
- In such a dynamic environment, keeping up to date is a challenge for any organisation, email content control, anti-virus protection, web site monitoring, employee usage all need managing, monitoring and updating on a regular basis.
- 2e2 has partnered with the world’s best content management and control technology providers and can offer a choice of products or hosted services.
