What To Look For In Enterprise Security Services
If your business is one of the many which continue to rely on their firewall and anti-virus to provide network protection, then you are putting your business at risk. The number of cyber attacks are rising at an alarming rate and they do not only target big box companies. Hackers and attackers are now turning their focus to smaller outfits and organizations around the world.
There is substantial value in enterprise security services. Depending on the vendor and the software, you may have different options and level of control over how to keep your system secure.
Fundamental Parts Of Enterprise Security Software
Most security services are based on a set of Security Service Provider Interfaces or SSPIs. Businesses can use these SSPIs to create their own custom security plan.
This is the process of verifying that someone is who they say they are before they are able to access the system. There are two steps in the authentication process:
The “Identification” stage presents an identifier to your security system. “Verification” is used to validate that the user is who they say they are.
Role mapping services allow the security service to compare a user or a group of users against a pre-set security role condition in order to determine whether a security role is granted.
Credential mapping is a process which looks up the authentication credentials associated with a user for a requested resource.
Auditing services are used to collect any security event information and to then distribute that information as you or your IT team has configured it.
Authorization controls who can access which resources based on the users identity or job role. Authorization needs to resolve the following two questions:
· Can this sure access the requested resource under these conditions?
· When can this user access this resource?
For example, if you are on the IT team for an organization, you would have different access rights than a customer service agent.
To Outsource Or Not To Outsource?
Network and system security is essential, but not everyone can afford to hire a small team of full-time cyber security guards to make sure that their networks remain safe and protected at all times.
When looking into your enterprise security vendor options, it is important to start off by comparing the vendors and stacking them up against one another. Below are a few things you should ask yourself and the vendor:
· Does the vendor have a reputation for being “unsafe” or mistake-prone? Regardless of how much you may save by choosing this vendor, they will likely provide sub-par protection and will be a waste of business capital.
· What mechanics are used for the vendor to perform security services? You will want to ask questions about whether there are specific devices or components which will need to be embedded into your existing infrastructure, how alerts are delivered to your domain administrators, and whether or not SSL encryption is used.
· Does the vendor make commitments towards the confidentiality of your information and the integrity of their solutions? For more information on Enterprise Security Services, visit: http://www.allot.com/cloud-enterprise/solutions/enterprise-network-security/