Protecting the integrity of your network and ultimately your business from unwanted attacks has become more and more apparent because such network security breaches not only harms your systems and data but may also results in lost productivity due to:

• Damage to reputation due to E-mail and Web misuse.
• Confidentiality breaches.
• Exposure to legal liability.
• Access to inappropriate and unlawful sites.
• Loss of network service through hostile attacks.

To combat this issue, proper installation of "Firewalls" and "Antivirus solutions" is essential. Together with Anti-Spamming measures makes your environment watertight.

Firewalls can prevent certain kinds of attacks, and control what types of traffic (such as FTP, Telnet or IRC) pass between your internal network and the Internet.

There are many attacks they can't prevent or detect. Firewalls only affect communications between networks (typically your internal network and the Internet). They offer no protection from attacks or misuse within the network. So if your network perimeter is breached, or if the misuse is internal to your organisation, the firewall offers no help.

FIREWALLS Implantation of a Firewall solution has therefore become a Key element of your network strategy. We provide innovative solutions to our clients that integrate all the aspects of network security, connectivity and management and provide a business continuity solution.

Virus Protection The belief that Firewalls alone are capable of providing an adequate defence mechanism against security breaches is flawed. There are a number of Antivirus solutions and technologies, all designed to help you protect your company's systems and ultimately your whole network.

ConsultNet can therefore plan and implement appropriate security solutions for you to protect your network and ultimately your business.

ConsultNet implement and consult on Intrusion detection technologys an essential part of any security system.

Intrusion detection systems (IDS) monitor, detect and react to intrusions and attacks. They are reactive and used continually.

ConsultNet provide Security Health Checks Identifiing security holes to prevent intruders from accessing your mission-critical data. We can also:

• Identify network weaknesses in routers switches and firewalls.
• Identify system threats, vulnerabilities and exposures.
• Measure the degree of actual risk for each area or aspect of a system, and directly link this to the potential business impact.
• Offer detailed solutions and recommendations to reduce the risks.

Security solution challenges facing customers today is one of sorting through a wide range of solutions and choosing the right combination. A vast quantity of security technologies exists. It is not the lack of technology that makes securing the network difficult. The problem is choosing among the many different solutions available and adopting those that satisfy your unique network and business requirements and implementing a security policy that works.

• When a company such as Microsoft falls victim to hackers how can you maintain security?
• How do you assess the threat?
• What are the best methods for preventing attacks?
• What are the special challenges of e-business security?
• Why is an integrated security policy so important?

Network security. It's a sensitive subject for CIOs and network managers alike, especially now with so much vital company information being stored and exchanged electronically. The inability to control this information poses a real threat to businesses of all sizes and types. And as the world becomes increasingly more information-centric and dependent on the network, the potential for loss is greater—and the need for complete security is magnified.