Get Secure...
...Instalec in SaaS partnerhip
Information Security covers many different areas all of which are important, none of which should be neglected. Insecure infrastructures face the threat of being hacked and confidential information being extracted or compromised. Will you know it is going on or what has happened? What facilities have you got in place to monitor and report on this? What impact would a compromise have on your organisation’s reputation? Instalec is delighted to announce three new security services that are now fully available to our customers. All three services operate under the Software as a Service (SaaS) model...
The Situation
Perhaps it is not the information you hold that is of interest or under threat, maybe it’s the availability of your system that is the target? How much would it cost your business if no-one could access your applications either as a service that you are offering customers or internal services that are the lifeblood of your business? Often the loss of availability of applications or data is a bigger risk to the business than its confidentiality. Whichever risk you are addressing it’s a risk to the business not just to the IT department. Do your business owners know that they are exposed to these risks through IT or are they under the impression that everything is taken care of?
ISO27000 is a set of standards that look to address a variety of information security issues, from physical security to security policy and management. It covers all areas of the business but is essentially looking at the big picture, the management of risk within the business and how to identify and mitigate these risks. That’s what Instalec provide: A Managed Security Service.
We have adopted industry leading services from:
The Solution
Our customers have extensive infrastructures be they large or small organisations. They all have common problems of how best to secure their assets, reduce the ongoing risk to the business of these assets being compromised, whilst maintaining their focus on developing and delivering core business solutions. That’s why we have introduced a number of high impact, low maintenance, services at the very core of where most problems occur. We’ve put in place solutions that reduce the ingress of unwanted emails, of infections via emails or from malware infected web sites. Furthermore we provide the tools that analyse the entire infrastructure for vulnerabilities and to identify non-compliance with internal security policies or regulations.
Having kept out the unwanted malware and spam and identified where vulnerabilities or compliance issues exist, Instalec’s professional services team can now help with remediation. That may mean improving the firewall rules, making the outer defences more resilient, implementing intrusion detection solutions or simply redesigning some of the existing services. But next week there’s a new application being implemented and the latest batch of Microsoft patches are being installed so you’ll need to retest and certify that these have not compromised the balance of security. It’s an ongoing battle which we can help you fight and stay on the winning side.
The Benefits
Minimum hardware and software on-site to manage, support and update.
Business continuity and disaster recovery is in-built in the service.
User interface through a web portal can be operated from anywhere 24x7.
All system updates are handled externally with no operational impact on the customer.
Easy to implement and maintain.Compliance with industry standards such as ISO27001 and Cobit.
Security using Software as a Service (SaaS). The days of buying hardware and software to manage non-core business requirements are passing. Every application bought needs hardware to run on, patch management and change control to be applied, asset management, disaster recovery and business continuity planning to be in place. For information security, a necessity but rarely core business, preventing the ingress of threats before they touch your network would seem to make a lot of sense. Extending the concept to checking for vulnerabilities from outside and from the inside of your infrastructure and regularly checking that all systems comply with your security policy should be a welcome addition.
Instalec in partnership with Google, Qualys and Scansafe, has put in place three top SaaS solutions to provide protection from incoming email, from web browsing (fixed and mobile)and its associated malware as well as vulnerability and compliance management. Including an email service which has a 1-9 year Archiving facility.
Whatever your organisation does our SaaS portfolio will help you to be more secure and your business to be at less risk. Whilst our SaaS portfolio will do much to reduce what gets into your network and identify areas of vulnerability, it is still essential to protect your system through carefully designed security systems.
Firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, anti-virus systems, identity management tools, end-point security and logging systems are all necessary items to consider and which will need some kind of appliance or software within your environment. Invest with Instalec and join the growing number of organisations who use our experience, our capabilities and our services.
Our ServiceInbound and outbound email filtering. Using Google’s patented ‘pass through’ technique, email messages are delivered directly to their destination without being stored and forwarded allowing high value service level agreements to be put into place. Google handle over 2.5 billion messages per day.
Message archiving with extensive search facilities for legal and compliance reasons.
Web filtering with real time elimination of malware attachments and scripting threats from legitimate sites for static and mobile staff. ScanSafe handle over 7 billion web page accesses per month.
External and internal vulnerability testing – Qualys handle over 200 million IP address scans per annum.
Compliance testing against regulations such as PCI and Sarbanes Oxley or against industry standards such as ISO27001 and Cobit which are likely to form the base of your corporate security policy.
Instalec provide a range of security solutions, for further information or to book a consultation with one of our team please contact us on 01224 746479 or email sales@instalec.co.uk