Computer viruses and hacking are on the rise. Threats include data loss caused by malicious intent; Internet-based worm, denial-of-service, and virus attacks; security compromises by internal sources; and penetration attacks aimed at stealing or damaging valuable assets.

 

Managing and coordinating virus protection, detection and defense along with the recovery of critical systems requires an on-going effort that entails a variety of tools, procedures, and policies. Tymor Networking Services can assist you at any level in your efforts to protect your information system, from security audits to creating a comprehensive security strategy.

 

Security auditing software perform a variety of automatic system scans to identify potential problems:

• Ensure service pack levels
  
• Confirm missing security patches
  
• Verify security alerts/vulnerabilities
  
• Detect unnecessary shares
  
• Detect unnecessary open ports
• Detect new security holes using scan comparisons
  
• Check for unused user accounts
  
• Ensure password policy and strength
  
• Create an inventory of your network
  
• Detect potential Trojans on servers and workstations
  
• Discover if the OS is disclosing too much information

Prevention

Tymor Networking Services can advise you about how to design security into your business processes. Tymor Networking Services can install scanning and auditing software, define and implement a secure network architecture, and recommend procedures and policies to optimize the safety of your network. Tymor Networking Services security expertise is available to help you configure a firewall configuration, set up secure remote access to e-mail and data, and implement a virtual private network (VPN).

 

Security Planning

Every business should have a carefully thought out security strategy that includes both proactive and reactive plans. The proactive or pre-attack strategy is a set of steps that helps to minimize vulnerabilities and develop contingency plans. The reactive strategy or post-attack strategy helps security personnel to assess the damage caused by an attack, repair the damage, document the experience, and get business functions running as soon as possible.

 

Disaster Recovery and Virus Removal

Tymor has expertise in recovering computers that have been compromised, are suspect, or have failed as a result of a security breach. Tymor can help assess the damage caused by the attack, and restore normal business operations and any data lost during the attack. Tymor's experience with security reduces your downtime and allows Tymor to recommend efficient ways to prevent or contain future attacks.

 

Security Planning

Every business should have a carefully thought out security strategy that includes both proactive and reactive plans. The proactive or pre-attack strategy is a set of steps that helps to minimize vulnerabilities and develop contingency plans. The reactive strategy or post-attack strategy helps security personnel to assess the damage caused by an attack, repair the damage, document the experience, and get business functions running as soon as possible.

 

Tymor's expert consultants can help you perform a full risk assessment and define a computer security strategy to implement security policies and controls to minimize future attacks and threats.