The magic of mobility vs the safety of security

Mobility has become a key part of business operations in recent years. Smartphones and tablets have become an accepted part of everyday business as the workforce becomes more and more dispersed, with managers expecting their employees to remain connected and productive while they are away from the office.

Managing the mobile security paradigm

There have been profound changes in recent years in the way that people work. Mobility, virtualisation and globalisation have extensively altered how business is conducted. These changes mean that updated and upgraded security systems are needed to ensure data security.

Embedded network security: defence at all levels

Confidential information is increasingly at risk in many organisations. Recent incidents have shown that perimeter controls are no longer enough—businesses need to seriously update their security strategies to reflect new threats and new working practices.

Five steps to mastering identity and access management

As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile and dispersed, identity and access management becomes more important in ensuring organisational security. While managing user identities and controlling access are separate tasks, they are closely related.

IP voice security: are you susceptible or strong?

Undoubtedly, corporations are realising the benefits of IP voice systems. Voice over internet protocol (VoIP) can bring substantial cost savings and productivity enhancements to a business by transforming its circuit-switched networks to IP packet switching networks and running voice and data applications over a single infrastructure.

Security complexity threatens enterprises

Information security is one of the biggest challenges facing enterprises this year. Being hacked by criminals is becoming depressingly familiar for a many businesses. A roll call of prominent brands has succumbed to what is an unprecedented number of attacks. Increasing threats, regulations and complexity have catapulted network security up the corporate agenda. Considering billions are being spent on cyber security each year, why are businesses continuing to fall victim to cyber attacks?

Safeguard security with gateway consolidation

Just like the doors to your house, your internet gateways are the one point where you can see (and decide) what comes in and out. The gateway is exposed to all sorts of security threats, from hacking attempts, to spam, phishing and viruses. It’s critical that you define clear security rules for your gateways and deploy corresponding processes to keep them up to date.

The six pillars of security operations

As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.

Are users the weakest link in the security chain?

IT departments often write users off as being of low importance, but they actually have a primary role to play in corporate security. Experts agree that overall security is only really equal to the security of its weakest link – and when it comes to corporate security, that link is the user.

The BYO brain wave

BYO no longer exclusively involves a bottle of wine at your favourite pizzeria on a Friday night. BYO can be anything in your handbag or briefcase on a Monday morning which you drag out to begin the working week.