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Regulatory Compliance - Call PBM IT at (888) 233-6471According to recent studies, security is the biggest challenge facing small and medium-sized businesses. Ever-changing security threats from both inside and outside the business network can wreak havoc on business operations, affecting profitability and customer satisfaction. Small and medium-sized businesses must also comply with new regulations and laws created to protect consumer privacy and secure electronic information. Cisco IronPort Web Security Appliances (1) Integrate industry-leading web-usage controls, reputation filtering, malware filtering, and data security, (2) Take advantage of Cisco Security Intelligence Operations (SIO) and global threat correlation technology to help optimize threat detection and mitigation, (3) Combine multiple layers of web security technology to combat complex and sophisticated web-based threats, and (4) Support built-in management capabilities to simplify administration and provide visibility into threat-related activity. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Solution (1) Provides an intelligent, smooth, and reliable connectivity experience, (2) Is ideal for companies that want to give users a choice of how, when, where, and on what device they access their information, (3) Cisco AnyConnect Version 2.5, with ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances at the headend, provides remote-access connectivity policy enforcement that is context-aware, comprehensive, and preemptive, and (4) Cisco IronPort S-Series Web Security Appliances apply context-aware policy, including enforcing acceptable use and protection from malware for all users. The terms network security and information security are often used interchangeably. Network security is generally taken as providing protection at the boundaries of an organization by keeping out intruders (hackers). Information security, however, explicitly focuses on protecting data resources from malware attack or simple mistakes by people within an organization by use of data loss prevention (DLP) techniques. One of these techniques is to compartmentalize large networks with internal boundaries. Denial-of-service attacks prevent the normal use or management of communication services, and may take the form of either a targeted attack on a particular service or a broad, incapacitating attack. For example, a network may be flooded with messages that cause a degradation of service or possibly a complete collapse if a server shuts down under abnormal loading. Another example is rapid and repeated requests to a web server, which bar legitimate access to others. Denial-of-service attacks are frequently reported for internet-connected services. Because complete prevention of active attacks is unrealistic, a strategy of detection followed by recovery is more appropriate. Integrate security testing into the risk management process. Testing can uncover unknown vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. As a result, testing frequencies may need to be adjusted to meet the prevailing circumstances, for example, as new controls are added to vulnerable systems or other configuration changes are made because of a new threat environment. Security testing reveals crucial information about an organizations security posture and their ability to surmount attack externally or to avoid significant financial or reputational cost from internal malfeasance. In some cases, the results of the testing may indicate that policy and the security architecture should be updated. Hence, this insight into the security posture of an organization is highly relevant to a well-functioning risk management program. Network Security Testing involves activities that provide information about the integrity of an organization network and associated systems through testing and verification of network-related security controls on a regular basis. Security Testing refers to Network Security Testing. The testing activities can include network mapping, vulnerability scanning, password cracking, penentration testing, war dialing, war driving, file integrity checking, and virus scanning. The standard one-time password dictionary from RFC 1760 helps maintain backwards compatibility with the various deployed systems, however, support for hexadecimal format passwords will also be mandatory to implement. The standard might specify pass phrase quality checks for the secret pass phrase. The standard will be specified so as to eliminate any possible conflict with the Bellcore trademark on the term S/Key. Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances also provide (1) Adaptable architecture for rapid and customized security services deployment, (2) Advanced intrusion prevention services that defend against a broad range of threats, and (3) Highly secure remote access and unified communications to enhance mobility, collaboration, and productivity. he Cisco Works Network Compliance Manager (NCM) is a possible solution for Cisco based network (commercial, not free). NCM tracks compliance with a broad variety of regulatory, IT, corporate governance, and technology best practices. It has a sophisticated search capability. |
