Network Security

Is Your Network Safe from Viruses and Hackers?

According to a recent research survey, cyber attacks have increased by almost 80 percent over the last two years!

Information Technology (IT) Security should be an ongoing and fundamental consideration in every aspect of your network infrastructure. Proper network configurations can go unnoticed to the untrained eye, which can result in multiple unknown “security vulnerabilities” or breaches in security. Professional security implementation requires a rigorous in-depth analysis with an overall solutions orientated strategy.

Sky Computer Services believes that affordable and effective network security solutions are possible to achieve through a highly skilled technology team. Initially, our specialized network security consultant will sit down with you to analyze your situation and create an outline for a strategic security solution. Our network security consultant will then present options and recommendations based upon your needs. Ultimately, our goal is to deliver to you the most value-based and cost-effective Network Security Consulting solutions possible.

Typical security services include:

• Security Audit – identification of current security concerns
• Security Threat Assessment (Penetration testing) – including internal and external vulnerability scans
• Secure Infrastructure Design – secured network design and access strategies including firewalls, intrusion detection, and VPN implementations

Networking Services
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Free Network Assessment
Do you wish to know where network problems might arise at a in the future and how to avoid them? Would you like to know how to prevent unauthorized access to your network? Contact us today to schedule a FREE assessment of your Agora Hills based network, and learn more about our Support Plans, which improves your network’s reliability at a greatly reduced cost.
Call 310-837-2525 for an appointment.

Server Security Audit

A Security Audit offers your organization the opportunity to examine your systems for compliance to a variety of security standards. These standards can include internal and external security policies, software manufacture recommendations, legal requirements and known “best practices”. Our Security Specialist will identify areas where your systems are out of compliance, and provide you with a written estimate of investment necessary to achieve conformance.

Security Auditing will identify the following potential problems:

• Check service pack levels
• Check for missing security patches
• Check for security alerts/vulnerabilities
• Detect unnecessary shares
• Detect unnecessary open ports
• Detect new security holes using scan comparisons
• Check for unused user accounts
• Check password policy and strength
• Detect potential Trojans on servers and workstations
• Determine if the OS is disclosing too much information

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Company Wide Security Threat Assessment and Reduction

A network must be designed with the goal of reducing or eliminating the risk of a security breach. A Security Threat Assessment will allow you to understand where your organization may be vulnerable to a security breach. Using specialized vulnerability management software tools and a series of interviews, our security consultants can help you identify critical areas of vulnerability. These assessments will be performed both internally and externally.

Threat Assessment Process:

• Identify and assess your most critical infrastructures and processes
• Intrusion detection and analysis via data mining and port scanning
• Recommend methods to detect future cyber attacks
• Recommend data integrity and protection
• Prepare Assessment Report
• Written estimate for parts and labor to implement a security “upgrade”

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Printed analysis Provided

Secure Infrastructure Design

The topology structure of your network is the backbone. While many networks are “flat” without out subnetworks and multiple routers, a skilled specialist can diagram a new network structure that can greatly enhance your security level. For example, an office can be on a separate firewall then the warehouse; a wireless network, exchange server or web server should be on a separate network with separate routing/DHCP. Comprehensive network design and access strategies include firewalls, intrusion detection systems and VPN networks.

An on-site Infrastructure assessment and proposed network diagram.

Written estimate for parts and labor to infrastructure “upgrade”

Firewall Selection and Implementation

A reliable firewall is a critical aspect of any security initiative. We maintain partnerships with the industry’s premier firewall manufacturers, including SonicWall, Check Point, and Cisco. Our consultants will assist you in selecting and implementing the firewall that makes the most sense for your organization. Basically, a firewall examines each network packet to determine whether or not to forward it toward its destination. A firewall also includes or works with a proxy server that makes network requests on behalf of workstation users.

There are a number of firewall screening methods. A simple one is to screen requests to make sure they come from acceptable (previously identified) domain name and Internet Protocol addresses. The most effective firewall implementation is Stateful Packet Inspection. For mobile users, firewalls allow remote access into the private network by the use of secure logon procedures and authentication certificates (VPN).

Call 310-837-2525 for a free consultation and an estimate.

Virus Protection

Computer-borne viruses have the potential to cause a great deal of downtime and loss of productivity. And with today’s new blended threats, virus protection is an essential element of every network. Our consultants can help you choose and implement virus protection software that gives you the best chance at catching viruses before they enter your network environment.

A computer virus is a program – a piece of executable code – that has the unique ability to replicate. Like biological viruses, computer viruses can spread quickly and are often difficult to eradicate. They can attach themselves to just about any type of file and are spread as files that are copied and sent from individual to individual.

Besides replication, some computer viruses have something else in common: a damage routine that can deliver the virus payload. While payloads may only display messages or images, they can also destroy files, reformat your hard drive, or cause other kinds of damage. If the virus doesn’t contain a damage routine, it can still cause trouble by taking up storage space and memory, and downgrading the overall performance of your computer.

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Virtual Private Networking (VPN)

VPN services can dramatically reduce the costs and complexity of providing connectivity to remote offices and remote users. VPN services are typically tied into your firewall, and utilize an encrypted tunnel through the Internet to provide secure connectivity to network resources. Our consultants can assist you in developing and integrating VPN solutions into your network systems.

A virtual private network (VPN) is a private data network that makes use of the public telecommunication infrastructure, maintaining privacy through the use of a tunneling protocol and security procedures. The idea of the VPN is to give the company the same capabilities at much lower cost by using the shared public infrastructure rather than a private one. Phone companies have provided secure shared resources for voice messages. A virtual private network makes it possible to have the same secure sharing of public resources for data. Companies today are looking at using a private virtual network for both extranets and wide-area intranets.

With a VPN, a company can exchange data with virtually anyone in the world for nearly half the cost of using dedicated and/or frame relay circuits. As an added benefit, the same VPN technology can securely connect networks to remote access users, utilizing dialup links or broadband services such as xDSL and cable modems.

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Network Monitoring and Security Management Services

Keeping up with hackers is a full-time job, and one that most organizations do not have the time do. We proactively monitor hacker activity as they attempt to penetrate your network boundary and receive notifications of a security breach. You’ll receive real-time intrusion detection monitoring, as well as log file analysis and comprehensive Internet usage and traffic reports.

Our security management software proactively ensures system availability by establishing security configuration baselines, continuously auditing for security vulnerabilities and helping to correct exposures before they result in security breaches or costly downtime.

Our group of monitoring programs will:

• Check systems for Spy-Ware software.
• Review security policies and ensure that they are current, implemented and enforced.
• Ensure current service-level and security patches have been installed, including antivirus updates.
• Review and monitor critical system logs for suspect activity.
• Revisit your firewall configurations and rules to ensure that unnecessary ports and services are turned off and that access control is tightly managed.
• Revisit access control lists to ensure that access to critical functions and resources is limited.

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One of our Senior Network Consultants will trouble-shoot, repair and/or configure your network servers and workstations for optimum performance.

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After Hours/Weekend Service

6:30pm – 8:30pm, Monday – Friday

10:00am – 5:00pm, Saturday & Sunday

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