ASD - Security Solutions

Security is not a product or technology, but a means of protecting your data, network, and your business. ASD calls this methodology the Security Lifecycle. We start with an assessment of your current security posture, followed by design and implementation of solutions and policies that can mitigate exposures. We help you manage and support these new solutions, and we make sure everyone involved with your organization—from managers to end users—is trained and educated about the security process. The lifecycle continues with periodic audits and assessments to assure compliance.

Don’t let new regulatory standards that require protection of personal health and financial information get in the way of your business growth. Our information technology security solutions and services can help your organization comply with internal security policies and regulatory compliance standards such as GLBA, Sarbanes-Oxley, and HIPAA. Our experienced security engineers maintain the highest level of certification for the products and services that we provide and receive ongoing training to maintain their leading-edge skills.

	Roll over the services for descriptions below. Firewall Virtual Private Network (VPN) Strong Authentication Viruses, Worms, and Spyware E-mail Security Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) Internet Content Filtering High Availability Solutions Security Audits and Assessments Data Loss Prevention Data Encryption

	ASD implements firewalls—the cornerstone of a business’ security architecture—to provide secure access to and from your network. Our firewalls protect the enterprise, remote offices, and intranet connections. Solutions can be more than traditional packet filtering, including IDS/IPS, anti-virus, content filtering, and more. VPN is a secure, low-cost, and efficient means of using the Internet to allow mobile and remote users network access and providing secure gateways between multiple site locations. ASD offers both secure IPSec VPNs and easy to deploy SSL VPNs that require no software to be loaded on the remote PCs. Endpoint security also is a key component, preventing hackers, viruses, and spyware from entering your network from a remote connection. Traditional user ID and password systems are insecure. Using readily available online tools, hackers can decode 90 percent of passwords in about 30 minutes, gaining access to systems and data. We offer a more reliable two-factor system—RSA SecurID. It requires a four-digit PIN and a mobile authenticator device with continually changing numbers (six to eight digits) monitored and managed by your server. Whether your PCs have been infected with a virus or you’ve encountered a worm, both pose security threats and continually become harder to prevent and contain. We understand the complexities and offer a layered approach to provide maximum protection. This can be a combination of gateway, server, network, and desktop security solutions that work together to secure data and systems. E-mail has become such a critical application that securing its content, stripping away viruses, and filtering out junk mail is a necessity for most organizations. In addition, many of these applications must adhere to regulatory standards. Our e-mail security solutions can encrypt your e-mail, filter spam, and clean viruses and malicious code from this most critical application. Almost 100 percent of those responding to the 2003 CSI/FBI Computer Crime Survey use firewalls, yet 56 percent reported unauthorized computer access and 80 percent reported a virus or worm outbreak. ASD intrusion detection and prevention solutions use intelligent network and server sensors that monitor, block, and alert you to unwanted malicious code attacks, unauthorized access, spyware, and denial of service attacks. Special real-time data monitoring and auditing systems can alert you to violations with protected information and data. What information are your employees accessing, distributing, or exposing (intentionally or unintentionally) via the Internet? ASD solutions can help you monitor and manage employee Internet activity— limiting your legal liability and enhancing productivity—using leading products that are centrally deployed and easy to configure and manage. We also offer detailed reporting that can be automated to log violations and control access. ASD provides “clustering” and purposeful redundancy to maximize productivity and availability of networks, systems, and data, so that when one system goes down, another takes over. Our experience and expertise allow us to evaluate your situation and recommend specific solutions for your availability requirements. Securing today’s connected networks is a challenging task and most companies are not sure how secure they are and what vulnerabilities exist. Not knowing is no excuse for poor security, and in fact, securing and protecting sensitive data is required under regulatory and compliance standards. An ASD security assessment pinpoints your exposures and provide you with detailed documentation on which systems are exposed, how serious a threat each exposure is, and what patches, policies, configuration changes, or technology solutions can mitigate these exposures. Protecting corporate intellectual property and meeting regulatory compliance for protecting confidential data is a major concern for most businesses today. ASD Data Loss Prevention solutions can help you determine where confidential data is being stored, who is accessing this data, and when sensitive data is leaving your network. Our solutions can provide comprehensive data loss prevention to meet the highest degree of compliance with regulations such as GLBA, HIPAA, PCI, SOX, and state mandated data privacy laws. Our solutions can also secure data and intellectual property that is commonly stored on laptop computers that frequently leave your organization.