Monday 13 May 2013

Benefits Of Data Protection Services

By Marion Peters


Data protection services are essential for companies of all sizes. Organizations generate large amounts of information on a daily basis that is meant for internal use. But with the advancement of technology, firms are now more susceptible to network intrusions that ever before. Firewalls and anti-virus systems are no longer enough to protect an enterprise from network intrusions.

Denial of service attacks and injection of malware and viruses are some of the techniques that have been used in phishing for information in the past. The modern day hacker is however more advanced and more innovative. For a firm to stay protected, it has to come up with solutions that can address all network vulnerability problems.

For a company, protecting its information will revolve around implementing a number of tasks. All company information must be indexed. When indexing, the details must be indexed in such a way that they can be easily searched.

A firm will also need to identify any information that may be sensitive in nature. Having identified information that fall under this category, the organization should then come up with intelligence briefings. Intelligence briefings are meant to proactively deal with identification of any existing risk factors before they can cause a company breach.

A firm can commission a security assessment in order to achieve a number of goals. Such goals will include reducing the exposure of the firm to network vulnerabilities, reducing risks that may be harmful to the organization and also reducing company liability. This can only be provided by an expert.

Encryption is a very important service. Through encryption, all information being transmitted via company provided gadgets is encoded. This means that it is impossible for a hacker to sniff the information packets being transmitted either via the company network or through the use of the World Wide Web.

User authentication should be centralized in order to further protect the firm. Through centralization, the administrators are able to identify who is assessing the company network, the location from where they are doing this and whether they have the necessary security clearance to be accessing the information. This therefore ensures that only company personnel can use the company resources.

Forensics is a service provided by data protection experts. It aims to establish whether there have been any violations of user policies by employees, theft of intellectual property and can also be used to gather evidence in cases of harassment or financial fraud. These experts can also be relied on when preparing legal cases to prove that information was indeed stolen.




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