Security services

Security is central to how we do business. With the increase in the power and influence of the Internet have come new challenges.

Security provides you with protection against threats from the Internet. Many of these threats are not new in themselves but the method has changed.

Typical threats are:

• Distributed Denial of Service - multiple computers bombard your Web site with requests and deny service to genuine requests
• Port scanning - checking of possible entry points (ports) on remote computers, looking for known vulnerabilities
• Data corruption or theft - includes accidental or deliberate destruction of information and theft of financial information like credit card details
• Viruses and Trojans - self-replicating programs that can cause damage or allow a remote computer to be taken over and used for denial of service attacks
• Social engineering - attempts to trick users into providing their user names and passwords
• Internal threats - deliberate or accidental damage to computers and equipment from staff members
• Packet sniffing - interception and viewing of network traffic

Perceval helps protect against these threats through our best practice approach to security:

• Deploying robust open-source operating systems
• Installing only essential components
• Applying patches quickly
• Closing unnecessary ports
• Scanning for virus activity
• Providing redundancy, including geographic redundancy at multiple locations
• Supplying backup and restore services, with secure storage for the backup copies
• Implementing penetration testing to check for vulnerabilities
• Monitoring networks and alerting on detection of attempted attacks

When investing in Security Services, consider your organisation's requirements and your current level of protection. The following factors should assist in identifying your security needs.

• What are the actual and perceived threats to your organisation?
• What level of physical security do you currently implement?
• What is the value of the information that you want to make available?
• How much would it cost to reconstruct this information, if reconstruction is possible?
• Could an unhappy employee damage your company data?
• How quickly must essential business information be restored?
• Do you have complex security issues, such as video surveillance and remote access control?

Whatever your data security requirements, Perceval can provide the solution.