A new report from ITP ranks IT security companies among the top five players in cyber-crime. Although membership in this category of criminal elite may sound nefarious, IT security companies actually joined the ranks due to their strategic position in cyber defense. A review of the remaining players in this report reveals just how pivotal [...]
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Internal Network Security Risks Rising Due to Employee Access
December 15th, 2011 
admin Whenever you think about the security of any computer system, be it a PC or a massive server/database housed at your company, the inevitable concern is to consider how simple it might be for an outsider to get inside. The majority of work done for IT security in-house is focused on keeping cybercriminals and thieves [...]
Making Sure Your Firewall Works
November 30th, 2011 admin Firewall management is a bigger part of your company’s data security than you may think it is. As you know, firewalls are one of the first lines of defense on most computers, including the personal systems you use at your home. In a lot of cases, the firewall software you have installed on your computers [...]
Recent Cyber Crime Highlights Security Importance
September 7th, 2011 admin Whether you are a $100,000 a year or $100 million a year company, you know how important privacy and security are to your operation? This includes threats from physical robberies as well as cyber crimes, which are becoming a bigger danger for businesses day by day. As I mentioned in a previous post, the FBI [...]
Threats To Small Business Data Security
August 19th, 2011 admin As a small business owner, you not only have to look and think like a conglomerate, but your customer service has to be a huge part of your business model. This isn’t easy to accomplish for any business, but ensuring that your customers are taken care of and protected is harder for the small business [...]
Data Theft in the News
April 15th, 2011 admin Network security is of the utmost importance when considering the value of private data, especially when it is stored on your company servers. This can include employees’ personal records, company financial records and even the private data entrusted to you by customers and clients. Earlier in this blog, we wrote about the different types of [...]
Hackers Get Into iTunes
April 8th, 2011 admin There is one rule of thumb when considering hackers – if there is something to get around, they will find a way to get the data that they want. For instance, when music piracy was at its height, record companies decided to start adding a copy protection measure to CDs so that they couldn’t be [...]
School Data Systems Protection
March 31st, 2011 admin The main theme encompassed in this blog is the overall need for data security and protection for all businesses and companies that have massive amounts of information stored on in-house servers and systems. The losses that can occur due to a security breach are massive and can compromise a business’ standing with its clients, both [...]
Protecting Your Company with Facebook Settings
March 11th, 2011 admin No matter how many employees you may have in your company, there is always an expectation that they may not always remain on websites that are used specifically for their jobs. Whether on a lunch break, normal break or simply breaking the rules, it is very likely that a least one person in your office [...]
Firewall Testing
February 18th, 2011 admin Testing you firewall can make all of the difference when looking at the level of security on your server.
