How Safe Is Your Network?

Implementing network security is an investment in the integrity of your company, its reputation, its intellectual property and your vital network operations.

One weakness in your company's security policy, procedures or software can seriously jeopardize the safety of your valuable information systems, computers and networks. These security threats also can cause a loss of productivity and revenue opportunities. Security measures tailored to meet evolving business requirements and risks make it possible for your company to work efficiently and effectively.

Protect Your IT Systems

There are many devices and methods for protecting your company's security; knowing how and what to protect takes planning, development and implementation of specific policies and procedures.

DocuTech begins with a comprehensive survey designed to evaluate aspects of your company's security at all levels. We then determine appropriate measures to take, devices to install and procedures to enact.

To provide network security, DocuTech partners with the most reliable manufacturers of equipment and software, including Cisco, SonicWall and Symantec. For optimal security and threat management, DocuTech recommends a comprehensive management system which, at the very least, automates antivirus, antispyware, updates and malware. Learn more about Connected Care Cloud Security Suite, a centralized security and threat management solution offered by DocuTech as a hosted service.

Ten Steps to Network Security:

1. Security policy and analysis
   Define your company's security goals, identify areas to be secured, confront newest security issues; develop and implement a strategy for network security to be enforced uniformly and consistently.

2. Deploy antivirus and antispyware
   Implement countermeasures to detect viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, bots and rootkits before they compromise your network.

3. Firewall protection
   Ensure your IT systems are protected from intruders by an appropriate firewall. Screening routers, proxy servers and authentication servers can be utilized alone and in combination as firewalls.

4. Virtual private network
   Create a VPN for use by employees and selected remote users to help keep your data safe and your network secure. This can be achieved through a private WAN or by using technology called tunneling, which allows the creation of a private channel inside the Internet, protected by authentication and encryption, where users can establish individual sessions for working within the channel (VPN).

5. Authentication
   Verify the identity of users through methods such as passwords, secret keys and encrypted certificates. Authentication can be linked to something the user knows (an encrypted response to a challenge message), something the user has (a token, key, magnetic stripe card or smart card containing a computer chip), or physical characteristics of the user (fingerprint or palm print ID, retinal scan, signature, voice recognition).

6. Application Security
   ISA, Internet Security Appliance is an all-in-one device that filters internet traffic based on application need. Filtering by application allows only specific traffic to pass through the device and each packet is inspected to ensure it is valid for the application intended.

7. Intrusion detection
   Know when unauthorized people attempt to access your network and prevent an attack. Safeguard your network with a detect-alert-prevent approach.

8. Web and content filtering
   Limit what those in your company view as they access the Internet from your network; control what others see as they access your network.

9. PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)
   Utilize PKIs to provide a comprehensive security infrastructure incorporating public key cryptography, certificates, digital signatures and encryption. PKIs enable secure e-mail, secure web browsing, virtual private networking and e-commerce.

10. Integrity validation
    Put your network security to the test. Challenge one or more savvy hackers to attempt to breach your security measures.