A few years ago, a very common situation in the technological park of some companies have a server was being invaded by a hacker as a result of security breaches, such as the use of weak passwords, for example. With this, a malicious tool was put into operation and important data were accessed improperly. Thus, the hacker could use the data as it was convenient for you.
Today, the focus shifted to the user. This is because, unfortunately, many companies still do not follow the necessary security policies, have managed antivirus or firewall installed or maintain outdated operating system. Worse, some even have knowledge of what is a security policy when it comes to IT. As a result, just a single click to important company data from being lost or encrypted on servers or on workstations. From there, the hacker can ask for a kind of “rescue” for the process to be reversed.
Simple actions and seemingly harmless are committed daily in enterprises in the use of technology, often without anyone noticing. Examples abound, such as the installation of unauthorized programs or from unknown manufacturers and click on attachments or suspicious websites. They are sufficient gateways to become a system vulnerable to threats of all kinds, such as malware and spyware, full encryption of data and specific equipment failures. In general, the most common objective is to capture banking information, reinforced perhaps by extreme innocence of the average user in the use of technology and provision of data.
It is also necessary that providers of IT support services have a more proactive, not waiting for the problem to happen then act. It has to be a work of prevention so that new faults do not occur. For this, the adoption of monitoring tools, in real time, it is essential, in addition to implementing other solutions like managed antivirus, Web access control tools, control and e-mail filters and, of course, good old backup.
The software market is thankfully able to offer complete toolkits, meeting the diverse demands of the companies. But it is worth noting that, even with all this technological arsenal, a continuous monitoring system in 24 x 7, is only really effective if you have a totally professional dedicated to this task. For large companies, this is hardly a problem as there is enough money for it. For small and medium enterprises, the reality is different, making this type of monitoring is only possible by outsourcing when hiring a managed services provider.
Imagine a situation where there is a disk usage alert on the server when several machines on the network perform simultaneous processes of writing and reading, well above the average use. The alert can be done by email or even SMS, but if you are not a person personally taking care of monitoring and can do something, it may be too late.
Whatever the scenario where your company is included, it is important to remember that in the increasingly connected world, networking technologies have their pros and cons, depending on how they are used and managed. While facilitating the day to day business in the conduct of its activities and needs, they also serve as a perfect road to the proliferation of threats of varying degrees. It is up to you to decide the destination you want to give the data responsible for the maintenance of their business. Think about it.
Rodrigo Gazola is Sales Manager of LogicNow
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