what is your weakest link?

Vulnerability Assessment is a process that scans for and identifies security holes within a network or communications infrastructure. Discovery is followed by prioritisation of vulnerabilities and provision of guidelines for counter measures.

STEPS TO ASSESS YOUR NETWORK SECURITY

Step 1: Identify and understand the way your business is organized and operates

Most businesses rely on collaboration between representatives from their internal business units, legal teams and finance departments to coordinate with IT professionals regarding their exact network needs. They have to take into account issues such as client or customer privacy, regulatory compliance, business processes and competitive positioning within their industry.

Step 2: Locate the applications and data that are used during the business process

Identify which of these are sensitive and what information is at risk during the threat of a privacy breach.

Step 3: Search for hidden data sources that may allow easy access to secure information

This is especially important if there is cloud-based access to private data or access across multiple platforms, including smartphones and tablets.

Step 4: Identify both virtual and physical servers that run applications necessary for your business operations

These servers may not be protected and may allow access to sensitive information without you knowing it.

Step 5: Keep track of what security measures are already in place

Your network protection may already include specific policies, firewalls, virus detection, VPNs, disaster recovery and encryption. It’s important to understand the capabilities of your current security measures in order to properly address any vulnerabilities.

Step 6: Scan your network for vulnerability

The results of this scan will give you confirmation of your network’s security. Should a virus or vulnerable area be identified, you will need to develop a network security strategy, possibly with the help of an MSP.

VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT REPORT

Upon completion of vulnerability assessment, we generate a comprehensive report which is then being discussed with a customer. We make sure that every page in the report is understood.

After this we suggest an action plan to rectify found weaknesses.

When action plan has been completed, we run vulnerability assessment again to make sure all security holes are sealed.