Corporate Cyber Security: Part Two

Many organizations are building virtual private networks. It gives the possibility to connect directly one office or another via the Internet. The Internet is a means of communication between several offices. The danger of such connection is the absence of privacy. Besides, it is hard to give the data from one office to another without displaying it to others on the Internet. Virtual private networks give the possibility for several offices to connect to each other so that they connected over a private leased line.  The session between these offices is private and the link is good as every office can exchange the materials without displaying it to other people on the Internet. Some firewall sellers even add the possibility of building virtual private networks in their service list.

For effective and protected work at corporation offices there should be only up-to-date software. Microsoft programs include the mechanism of patches which aid to maintain a system security removing errors from applications. For example, patches can remove errors from Outlook Express, Internet Explorer or others. Updating is a process of downloading and installing the updates, enhancements to computer programs. It can be fulfilled manually or automatically by a corporation staff.

Network security is the first step to a good work within a corporation. There exist some protection tools for protecting computers from attacks – from firewalls to antivirus systems. No single approach to this issue can give the complete security. Every protection technology has its strengths and weak points. Only the combination of different protection tools can guarantee a corporation the highest level of protection.

The difference of corporate security from national cyber security is in its security policies and programs; the usage of anti-virus programs and prevention tools. Corporations reduce cyber attacks by participating in groups, sharing data and monitoring or cyber attacks directed against their network stations. Besides, a corporation uses system monitoring that examines the level to which a corporation’s policies are implemented and followed. Monitoring activity is used by corporations to check the security posture. The vulnerability management of a corporation determines the state of operational weaknesses, then monitors and assesses the system activity.