Network Security

There are so many things that need to be secured and protected.  Your family.  Your car.  Your home.  Your business.  And your network.

The statistics are scary:

• A computer on the Internet will be hacked within 12 hours if not properly secured
• 89% of all security breaches occur through devices supposedly "protecting" the network, like a firewall or security appliance
• One email in every 300 contains a virus or malicious code
• Over 40 new viruses and worms are found each day
• The frequency of attacks, viruses, hacking, worms and network intrusions doubles each year
• 79% of 500 wireless networks surveyed were found to be vulnerable to "drive-by" hacking

Source: 2002 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, www.gocsi.com

What does all this mean?  If you don't have a dedicated IT department, hackers may get to you.  And if you do have an IT department, they're probably busy fixing email issues, adding PCs to the network, and implementing new equipment – equipment they don't have the luxury of fully educating themselves about.  And all this means your network is maybe, probably, not fully protected. 

But if you're working with Spiderhost, it is.

Our security services include:

• Wireless audit – SSID identification, AP security, encryption verification, MAC spoofing and perimeter testing
• Vulnerability scans – port scanning, IP spoofing, ARIN auditing, Web server, email and FTP auditing
• Penetration tests – Platform exploits, scripting errors, buffer overflows, update neglect and patch degradation
• Device management – Firewall/IOS configuration, change management, policy auditing and implementation
• Physical penetration – Facilities audits, location hardening, social engineering and dumpster diving
• Education – Timely, pertinent instruction directly related to your infrastructure and specific responsibilities of key personnel

Our security methodology
We follow the methodologies from the International Standards Organization (ISO), Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), and the OSSTMM (Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual) for securing networks and data resources.  Sounds fancy, right?  All you need to know is that we follow best practices and do what the authorities recommend.  And we know what we're doing.