Security Services

Network Security still remains a highly neglected domain in most companies even today. An increasing number of companies are connecting their LANs to the Internet for a prolonged amount of time to access services like www, mail, chat, ftp, ssh etc. Some of them need the computers on their internal network to be connected to the Internet round the clock to provide facilities like VPN access to employees, partners and clients from remote locations.

What happens if our networks are not secured wisely?

Many companies realize the folly of neglecting this aspect only when

Network is broken into

Damages caused - server crashes, loss of data, virus infections, etc.
Consequences - disruption of business continuity.

Sensitive and valuable data from their network is stolen

Damages caused - Theft of confidential data.
Consequences - damage of Company's good will and otherlegal issues.

Computers in the network are hijacked and turned to Zombie hosts

Damages caused - computers inside various companies' network are hijacked and are used to spam other hosts in the Internet or to conduct Denial of Service (DoS) / Distributed DoS attacks.
Consequences - serious legal problems to the companies whose computers were hijacked for these purposes and huge financial loss for such companies to compensate for the victims of such attacks.

Why is security neglected?

The main reasons for neglect of such an important factor is

Lack of awareness

In the area of computer and network security, and hence ignorance about the consequences of such neglect.

Technical incompetence

Amongst people in the management of a company who do not see any immediate return on Investment in the area of security and hence takes little attention to it.

How are we blinded by the cheap, low quality and seemingly cost effective solutions available in the market?

For those who are aware of the above factors and recognize the need to secure their computers & networks the biggest challenge is finding a cost effective solution for their companies. As the market is flooded daily with security products under various brands & claims, promising total security out of the box by just installing their software, many companies fall prey to their advertising and purchase substandard products for high prices only to regret later.

Many others go for cheap solutions and get burnt sooner. Some companies do pass this hurdle and identify the solution best suited for them. But they find the deployment cost so huge that it is not possible for them to afford it in the near future.

Is there a cost effective solution to implement network and system security?

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