Security assessments are used to discover information system and organizational weaknesses that can be exploited by hostile entities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities can lead to unplanned expenses for the organization. The types of losses that can arise from poor security include: the cost to rebuild, repair or replace violated systems; the loss of assets such as intellectual property or trade secrets; the productivity cost from unplanned downtime; liability and possible fines associated with the failure to comply with information protection laws; and the erosion of confidence and trust from customers, partners, and associates. 

Security Audit and Vulnerability Management Service is ideal for organizations seeking to protect:

• Small-to-Large business intranet or Internet-facing systems
• Thousands of network devices residing on distributed network segments
• Complex, segmented and remote networks
• Virtual teams requiring consolidated executive-level and technical security reporting
• Individual departments or business units within large enterprises
• A small number of Web, extranet and other DMZ servers

Key Benefits of Security Audit and Vulnerability Management Services:

• System Optimization
• Easily deployed service with no software to install, update, or maintain
• Accurate and always up to date
• Trusted, unbiased third-party audit data meets industry compliance needs
• Easy-to-use, comprehensive reporting
• Secure, with end-to-end data encryption
• Cost efficient with lowest TCO
• On demand technology offering significant economic advantages with no capital expenditures, extra human resources or infrastructure to deploy and manage
• Mitigate risk by proactive identification and prioritized remediation of security vulnerabilities based on risk to business operations
• Rapidly identify and visualize network assets
• Ensure regulatory compliance via auditing, indelible audit trails, and the validity and assurance that comes with third-party assessment
• Unprecedented scalability makes it ideal for small to large, distributed organizations

Benefits of an environment with enhanced security technology include:

Secure Organization - Organization with enhanced security technology reduces the risks of litigation, loss of assets, possible fines associated with the failure to comply with information protection laws, and erosion of customer confidence

Reduced server maintenance costs - Servers with enhanced security technology require less maintenance. They are generally configured with automatic updating that helps to ensure that the latest patches and fixes are in place. This replaces time consuming and error prone manual maintenance processes.

Reduced workstation maintenance costs - Workstations with enhanced security technology also require less maintenance. As with servers, using automatic updating will replace manual maintenance processes and provide improved security and reliability. Help desk calls will also be reduced because non-administrative users will access configuration settings less frequently.

Increased reliability and availability - Assets with enhanced security technology provide increased reliability and availability. One of the costs of poor security and inappropriately broad access includes reduced reliability and availability. Improving security will restrict file and setting modifications on operating system and program files and thereby improve dependability.

Increased system performance - Servers with enhanced security technology provide improved system performance. A secure server generally runs fewer services relative to the standard server configuration and therefore consumes fewer system resources. This provides a more efficient use of existing hardware.

Improved service management - Standardization and reduced complexity improves management processes. This leads to the more efficient use of tools and automated system administration, which reduces the total cost of ownership.

Simplified contingency planning - Reduced complexity and improved documentation enables a more cost effective recovery when a failure occurs.