Data & Database Security
One
of the most valuable elements within business is its assets. High
on this list is its information assets – specifically electronic
data. Imagine you are a manufacturer of an innovative product
which is in great demand, and much of your earnings are as a result of
this product. You can understand that the information you hold
regarding this product (or intellectual property) is incredibly
valuable. If this information found its way into a competitor’s
hands, it would have a serious impact on your ability to sustain
profits and in turn, compromise the very existence of your
business. Or alternatively, imagine you are a financial
institution (e.g., bank, investment house) and you hold personal and
financial information about all of your customers. To maintain
the integrity and reputation of your business, you would not want this
information falling into the wrong hands. All of this seems
common sense, but the reality is that there are reports in the press
about exactly this type of incident almost every week.
We
ensure your business does not become the next headline news by
identifying the potential threats within your business and how to
mitigate them. Traditional protection such as firewalls and a
layered security approach is still very much an important
element. However, have you ever considered that the vast majority
of data loss incidents are not perpetrated by the teenager in his
darkened bedroom, but through attacks from within your business?
Obvious risks include the physical environment and your staff. Of
course, you need to place great trust in your staff that look after
your security, but sometimes you need to go further to make sure the
staff do not become the weak link. For instance, a database
administrator has an incredibly responsible job ensuring your data is
kept secure, but by the very design of this hierarchy, becomes an
unwitting weak link. He holds they keys to your electronic front
door and could (accidentally, maliciously or under duress) steal
data. And what’s more, he can do it undetected. We can
provide systems that allow your data administrators to still carry out
their job whilst ensuring your trade secrets remain exactly that.
Remember
– the single easiest way of stealing information is not to buy
Hacking-for-Dummies from Amazon – it’s to get a job as a cleaner!
