EKAM Solutions Ltd. Network Security

Security

In recent years security has become a major issue for any pc user. With the ever growing popularity of the Internet and the increasing reliance on storing data on computers, the need for more security in place is inevitable.

Network Security

Securing a network can be a challenge but is an absolute must for any organisation regardless of its size. Both wired and wireless networks need to be secured to avoid exposing sensitive data to outside users.

The minimum security configuration is ensuring shared or network folders require passwords, otherwise anybody who connects to your network can access this data.

A firewall is a device that monitors connections between your network and the Internet. A firewall can be hardware or software based and works by using a series of rules that are customised to suit any network. The use of a well configured firewall can greatly increase the security of any network.

EKAM Solutions can provide and configure a secure firewall either hardware or software based for any organisation.

Computer Security

The security of the individual computers within a network can be just as important as the network security. All computers should have strong passwords and not use easily guessed passwords such as family names or birthdays. A good password cracker will break any password that uses simple words very quickly. It's always a good idea to enforce the use of strong passwords using numbers aswell as letters in both uppercase and lowercase. An example of a good password would be "zlehi4+$"

Computers on the network are at risk of viruses, worms and trojans, aswell as adware and spyware. Any of these can expose sensitive data and cripple load times of computers resulting in a loss of productivity.

Wireless Networks

Wireless networks can sometimes be overlooked but can often be the weak point in a network. Unencrypted or weakly encrypted networks are like leaving a door open for intruders. If you have an unencrypted wireless network anybody with a wireless adapter on a laptop within your network's range can log on. Once logged on they can use your bandwidth to access the Internet (called piggybacking), or worse still - access files, send emails or delete files.

You can contact us at EKAM Solutions to discuss securing your wireless network.