Why should your organization do security tests?
Many organizations consider penetration tests in order to reassure customers and management that the company is serious about protecting its own assets and the company's client information. It gives a sense of security and reassurance. Over 23% of large and medium companies do not allocate a budget to account for IT security. Most compaies like to think their network is secure, but most of the time it is not. Just as a writer cannot critique his or her own work, it is best to have an independant company to look over your network security and implement changes where necessary. However, organizations should consider IT Security as a whole, not just a penetration test. The reason for this is that there are several other business areas to consider that can have an impact.
An example could be where a company has the most up to date security, latest security patches applied, latest anti-virus package, has a correctly configured firewall....but just one employee can completely compromise the network security if they don't follow the policy defined by the IT Security Administrator.
Protocol Solutions can help your company to design a network security policy and show your employees how to enforce it, as well as making them understand why. Doing this will lower your risks of being compromised. In addition it oulines what employees can expect when using the companies network. Having a such a policy is a requirement for Sarbane-Oxley compliance.
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