Security

Whether you connect to others by intranet, extranet or internet, the starting point of any successful defence against unwanted intrusions is your firewall.

Sound firewall management adopts a simple ‘Plan – Do – Review’ approach. Your business requirements and connectivity needs dictate the set up protocols for your firewall and, whether you are implementing simple static firewalls or corporate CISCO self-defending networks, Itex can meet your requirements.

In today’s world, security is paramount and it is vital that you know exactly who is using your network and how they gained access to it. User Authentication is key to securing your organisation’s critical data.

To provide a detailed security profile, Itex usually will take a two-pronged approach. Not only do we conduct a corporate risk assessment to build up the risk profile (looking from the outside in), but we also ‘look inside out’ by analysing the business process to see the access privileges that each user requires.

All systematic approaches to security must take a holistic view of the environment and adopt a structured approach to threats and responses. For example, outside attacks can be addressed at the perimeter.  Within the perimeter the Microsoft framework enables the server and workstation environment to be hardened against attack and improper use. Our approach takes corporate policies and implements them in your local environment. We use group policies, together with third party products, to deliver End Point Security and enable device security management.

Once implemented, hardened environments require ongoing management, monitoring and reviewing. Such activities include, for example, security patching, deployment regimes, anti-virus updates and service pack policies.  Together with perimeter security, intrusion prevention and user authentication, a comprehensive and secure Microsoft environment can be built