8 Questions to Ask Your Security Auditor by Brian Hayes
Here are the eight most important questions we think you should be asking your independent security auditor. 1. Are you an independent security auditor? This is the most important question you can ask your security auditor. Are they a pure, independent auditor, or are they a company with... Be especially wary if they say that a “separate branch” of their company does the security audit, and yet another “separate branch” of their company offers solutions. ... Quantity in no way signifies quality in a security audit.

Computer Risks: Unauthorized Access and Use by Bob J. Valkovski
One type of computer security risk is unauthorized access and use. Unauthorized access is the use of a computer or network without permission. Hackers typically break into a computer by connecting to it and then logging in as a legitimate user. Some intruders do no damage but they merely access... Audit trails Intrusion detection software = analyzes network traffic, asssesses vulnerability, identifies unauthorized access and notifies network administrators of suspicious behaviour patterns or system breaches.

IT Audits: A Checklist by Joshua Feinberg
IT audits need to be as comprehensive as possible. To ensure you hit every area you need to during your IT audits, review this checklist. • IT Audits - Physical Security: To ensure that appropriate physical controls are in place to secure technology assets (servers, networking and... • IT Audits - Logical Security: To ensure that appropriate software security controls are in place to prevent viruses and unauthorized data access. ... • IT Audits - Systems Administration Procedures: To ensure that security and systems administrative procedures are properly defined and assigned to staff.

Windows Server 2003 Security by Benjamin Hargis
Windows Server 2003 has some of the following features to help protect your corporate enviroment: There is now forest trust that allows you to authenticate other companies in your WAN thru Active Directory, this simplifies some security issues for security and network administrators. ... You can now log security events in real time and export them to a SQL database to anaylze later. ... You can now delegate what services can access other resources on your network. ... There should be security in depth applied.Two form authentication should be applied such as biometrics and passwords.Take...

Business IT Networks - 5 Common Problems Overlooked by Entrepreneurs by John Hammond
IT Networks though simple, require extensive planning to ensure stability, yet we often encounter businesses that are unacquainted with the imperative role networking plays in the efficient functioning of their company. Informed business entrepreneurs often opt to upgrade their networking... Speed of IT networks depends on many factors from simple network security policies to restrict P2P software to intelligent switching hardware. ... Impermeable network security plans should be implemented especially when business IT infrastructure holds confidential information of clients or individuals...

3 Ways Computers Can Hurt Your Ministry - Part 2 - Weak Network Security by Donnie Schexnayder
Our computers have become almost indispensable ministry tools. What would you do if the worst happened and you had to function without your computers? Would your ministry survive? This article is the second in a 3-part series on how to protect your ministry from serious computer-related loss. ... He or she can try to penetrate your Internet firewall, test the strength of your passwords, verify the physical security of your data and backups, scan your whole network for security holes and vulnerabilities and provide a detailed report of the findings.

Network Security – Not With a P2P Network! by Rick Parrott
Most small business networks grow and evolve as the business grows. In one way, this is good. It shows the business is growing, becoming stronger. Unfortunately, from a network perspective, it can be a disaster in the making. Most small business networks are setup in a peer-to-peer (P2P) format. ... Network security personnel know that most network security breaches occur from the inside! ... If they have a high level of security conscience then your network will be more secure, if they don’t your network will be wide open to insider exploitation.

Wireless Network Security: How to Use Kismet by Eric Meyer
Kismet is a wireless network detector / sniffer which can give you a vast amount of information about wireless networks. Wireless network security flaws are well documented but often very hard for the common person to understand. I will be showing you how to use kismet with out even having to... Auditor is not only a great tool for testing wireless network security with kismet but it also has many other computer security tools on it as well. ... The Kismet detail screen will show the type of network (Infrastructrure / Adhoc), signal strength, channel, encryption type, and much more.

IT Networking: Cost-Savings, Productivity and Security by Joshua Feinberg
By engaging small business decision makers in discussions about their IT networking needs, you can highlight how automating services like faxing will save your prospect’s or client’s company on manual labor, which indirectly translates into substantial salary savings over the course of the year. ... Staff and the internal guru will likely want to talk about ease of use and administration, how the network will make their job easier and the amount of training required to become proficient. ... Besides faxing and Internet access, a client/server network makes sharing, protecting and securing...

Network Security - The Road Ahead by Ramesh Kumar Thiagarajan
Network Security - The road ahead Introduction What is Network Security? "Network Security" -Monitoring "Network Security" -Forensics "Network Security" -Compliance HIPAA SOX GLBA Conclusion Introduction Network Security is the next wave... network security : the protection of a computer network and its services from unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure Network security is a self-contradicting philosophy where you need to give absolute access and at the same time provide absolute security.