Introduction To Network Security
Security is a fundamental component of every IT Infrastructure design. When planning, building, and operating a network facility, one should understand the importance of Information Security and incorporate Robust Security Policy. Today’s IT Security Teams (or Network Teams, in some cases) are facing extremely new security challenges due to mutating threats at every possible point of entry be it perimeter, desktop, or any other End-User devices. The threat landscape has been seeing changes as the Computing shifts to Cloud, Access shifts to palm and the Work place is any where on the World – Office or Road Side.
Traditional UTM Firewalls
Sonic Wall, Cyberoam, Sophos, Cisco, Checkpoint and Fortigate are the some of the most popular UTM Unified Threat Management) or firewalls available in India. Network solution providers in Bangalore like vays infotech provide Network Security UTM Based Firewall to the clients based on their requirement. The UTMs, either Appliance based or Software based, come with Wide Variety of features like Load Balancing besides traditional Security features like IDS/ IPS and other policy based Access Control.
Few of the Features, common in UTM/ Firewall:
Connectivity
- Multilink management
- VPN secured tunnel
Productivity
- Employee productivity like content filtering and instant messaging archiving
- Bandwidth management
- Application visibility and control
Gateway antivirus and antispyware
- Customize individual user scanning
- Scanning HTTP,HTTPS,FTP,SMTP,etc
- Blocking by file type
Benefits to have Network Security
Network Security should protect your network from mutating attacks like- Passive attack, Active attack, Distributed attack, Insider attacks, Phishing attacks, Close-in attack, Hijack attack, Spoof attacks, Buffer Overflow, Exploits, Password attack,
These attacks may affect your network at any time, of course without any fore-warning, to avoid or minimise effects, it is advisable to have suitable devices to safeguard data. There are many network security devices available in India, as well many Security Service Providers.
Clients need to evaluate the right product and back it up with Good Installation, Configuration and Support Partner to get Maximum out of their Investments.