Security

Security is one of the most important aspects in the managment of information in a computer-based environment. The following are some of the areas that must be considered.

• Passwords

Passwords form the first-line of defense to prevent un-authorised access to your data. We can advise and set-up your system with a suitable password policy to help with your security.



• Anti-Virus

Viruses can destroy data, corrupt files, crash systems, steal passwords, credit card details etc. In short, they should be prevented from accessing your system at all costs. While there are many anti-virus programs on the market, we can recommend, supply and install what we consider to be the best anti-virus applications on the market, based on our experience of dealing with these threats.



• Firwalls

The only way to be close to 100% secure is to disconnect your Internet connection. However, this is not feasible in our 'connected' world. The other way is to use a suitable firewall to prevent un-authorised access to your network from the Internet. However, a firewall is only as good as the way that it is set-up.
While most routers contain firewalls as standard, more specialised firewalls / routers also include facilities for Virtual Private Networks (VPN's), Content Filtering, Spam Filtering etc.



• Data-Backup

Backups are an absolute necessity to ensure that data is secure. Backups protect against data loss through user error, virus damage, hardware failures, software problems etc. Traditionally, backups were usually tape-based. However, remote backups over the Interent are now common due to the continued roll-out of broadband. We have partnered with keepITsafe, Ireland's biggest On-Line backup provider.



• Disaster Recovery

It is important to have a Disaster Recovery plan to cover the undesirable sitaution where a server fails completely either due to hardware of software issues. We have developed a Disaster Recovery solution that allows us to be able to restore a complete server in a matter of hours. Please contact us for more information on this vital service.