With an ever growing dependency on the Internet, technology enabled corporations are now exposed to a wide range of potential security risks. To minimize legal liability and to protect an organization's data and financial systems from being compromised, these security risks must be addressed. CrossLink's Network Security Consultants are experienced professionals who stand ready to assist you in implementing cost-effective solutions that will minimize security risks to your organization.

The initial step is a Security Audit to determine if your organization's network is vulnerable and what the security risks to your network are. This process requires anywhere from a day, for a single location network, to a few weeks depending on the size of your organization's network and the number of locations and functions involved. The Security Audit process includes a comprehensive audit of your present network, interview of those individuals responsible for your network and the presentation of a written report that identifies those security risk identified and what action is required to address and eliminate or minimize these risks.

The second step in any Network Security Consultation is to complete the procedures necessary to minimize or eliminate the security risks that have been identified. This step involves everything from the implementation and configuration of a Firewall, to protect your network from attacks from outside of your organization, to the implementation of permissions to restrict internal access to data in your network to individuals on a need to know basis. It is imperative that corporations of any size, in this modern age of advanced technology, utilize the appropriate tools available to proactively protect their organization from both external and internal breaches of security.

The third step in Network Security Consultation is establishing an on-going proactive initiative to monitor unauthorized attempts (hacking) to access data in your organization's network and for taking appropriate counter measures to protect access to your organization's network. In a secure operating environment, on-going monitoring must also include monitoring for the unauthorized exporting and importing of your network's data by individuals who are not authorized to access your network.

Network Security not only involves protecting your network from external and internal security breaches, but also enabling your organization to recover from a security breach (hacking, virus, etc.) or another disaster (fire, theft, natural disaster, etc.) quickly, without loss of valuable time or critical data. Therefore the fourth step in Network Security Consultation is to design and implement a program for storing a current version of the information on your network at a different location. Also, this step includeds a plan for restoring your network on your existing network hardware or replacement hardware if your existing hardware can not be used.

CrossLink's Network Security Consultants can provide you with a comprehensive Security Audit to identify security risks, solutions to minimize or eliminate identified security risks, on-going monitoring of potential security risks to your business, and a comprehensive Emergency Restoration Plan to restore your network should you ever lose your networking ability for any reason. Think CrossLink for all of your operations data security needs including Internet video and electronic surveillance requirements.

To learn more about CrossLink's professional Network Security Consultation Services, please contact CrossLink Sales at 703-642-1120, Extension 9510 or E-mail the CrossLink Sales Department at sales@crosslink.net.