Security Probing
The critical issue behind security probing
Nowadays security is a paramount concern for organisations of all sizes. Heavy investments are made in business systems. These contain large volumes of valuable and confidential data. Hence effective security safeguards need to be implemented by organisations. The main purpose of security testing is to determine whether the system meets its specified security objectives. One online IT magazine (eWeek) recently highlighted the fact that "the cost of lost business caused by data breaches is soaring".
Recently there have been a number of high profile security lapses, most of these where down to inadequate security safeguards and breaches in organisational procedures. In recent there is an increasing trend for criminal gangs to break into systems for financial gain. Just recently, the US FBI is assisting in an investigation in Mexico where hackers made ransom demands and threatened a city's power supply and even went as far as demonstrating their ability by disrupting the power local station.
MailSure can help your organisation to take a more proactive approach to security. We can undertake regular system probes to determine if there are any vulnerabilities or weaknesses. Typically there is wide range of threats to your systems including:-
- Viruses/Trojans/Spyware
- Unauthorised users such as hackers, crackers
- Theft of data
- Sabotage
- System "backdoors"
- Poor access control
- Industrial espionage
- Unsecured networks
The advantages of security probing
An independent security probe can help ensure your organisation complies with required regulatory and legal requirements and also helps promotes effective security "best practices".
We are able to leverage our considerable expertise and experience to undertake security testing at many levels using a wide range of approaches. Such as:-
- Compliance with data protection legislation
- Determine level of exposure to software/hardware exploits
- Effectiveness of access control mechanisms
- Network exploit probing
DTI Survey
In a 2002 DTI security survey of 1000 UK businesses, it was reported that
- 44% have suffered at least one malicious security breach in the past year, a continuation of an upward trend
- The average cost of serious security breach was £30,000. Several business surveyed had security incidents that cost them over £500,000.
Security is a paramount issue for organisations. MailSure can help you achieve secure and effective systems and mitigate against hostile and malicious threats.