Technology can be very secure, but it is not inherently secure. You can and should place physical barriers between your system and the outside world. However, by simply connecting a wire to the internet, you can negate all of your physical security efforts in one step. Even if your business is not a target, distributed general attacks can prove to be devastating, shutting down operations for hour or days and destroying key data. Careful, diligent attention to detail is the most important thing between your business’s technology assets and the often hostile world outside.

It is important to protect your expensive technology infrastructure and the irreplaceable business information assets contained in that infrastructure from theft, corruption, unauthorized disclosure, vandalism, and web attacks such as distributed denial of service. Premirus can provide security review services to help your organization protect itself from attack. Premirus can also provide security system design and implementation services.

Microsoft platforms can provide inherent security if configured correctly and monitored vigilantly. Virtually all security breaches on Microsoft platforms are completely preventable. Failure to adequately monitor known security risks, misconfiguration, failure to apply patches, exposure of unnecessary ports or services, and careless password selection are the most common sources of security breaches on all platforms, regardless of brand. Any organization that fails to effectively protect itself through adequate security measures is simply playing roulette with its business assets.

Threats to the security of business information come from both inside and outside of organizations. In fact, most intentional, directed security breaches are “inside jobs,” committed by disgruntled current or former employees or contractors. It is important that an organization consider internal threats to its systems and protect itself accordingly.

Absolute security is impossible. Each level of security also gets progressively more expensive. Picking the right level of cost vs. risk is imperative. Premirus offers various levels of security services, and can help you choose and implement the level of security that is right for your organization.