January 22, 2013
Technological
innovations and advancements over the years has made information
technology an integral part of today's business environment. As
organizations moved to becoming global enterprises, the
virtualization of the desktops as well as anywhere anytime access to
the workstations and corporate networks through cloud
computing services
became the trend. However, such access to the corporate data and
network also brought with it challenges for the enterprises in the
form of network security lapses and vulnerability to the business
critical data.
In today's aggressively competitive
environment, enterprises need to take measures to withstand the cyber
threats that can penetrate the network through any security lapses.
enterprises thus make use of number of testing tools and
vulnerability scanners to locate any loopholes in the network
security systems. With new vulnerabilities emerging each passing day,
enterprises need to make use of network penetration testing solutions
to continuously monitor and manage their network and systems.
Statistics of data breaches showcases that malicious attacks
accounted for nearly 40 percent of the recorded breaches in 2011 and
nearly one-quarter (25.8 percent) of the data breaches are results of
hacking attacks( source: Identity Theft Resource Center's '2011
Breach Report).
Wikipedia defines network penetration testing
as "a method of evaluating the security of a computer system or
network by simulating an attack from malicious outsiders (who do not
have an authorized means of accessing the organization's systems) and
malicious insiders (who have some level of authorized access)."
In an era when enterprises adopt remote data access techniques
through cloud
computing services,
the network penetration tools or the ethical hacking tools allow
enterprises to discover information about networks by interfering
with traffic on the network.
The managed service providers
make use of the network
penetration testing software
to check the security or performance gaps in a client network. With a
set of standard functions which includes gathering information about
a network's topology, scanning for port vulnerabilities and launching
denial-of-service attacks the network penetration tool gives an
overview of the network and facilitates to pinpoint the weak links
along the network. Today as the corporate LAN/WAN environments allows
end-users anytime access to the network and critical information with
fewer security controls, internal threats poses greatest risk for
today's widely networked organizations. Most Data
Centers
with large and complex infrastructure catering to either one
corporate or a number of small and medium enterprises use traditional
penetration testing disciplines such as the network penetration
testing and the server penetration testing.
The network
penetration testing techniques are used to check the vulnerabilities
and loophole in routers switches, and firewalls. The server pen test
on the other hand is used for checking the operating systems and
applications. Further, with advancement in technology, has brought in
advanced tools for application penetration, wireless, virtualization
as well as database.
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Posted by orson Lopez. Posted In : Datacenter
January 16, 2013
Penetration
tests play an important role in a company’s overall security
strategy. With security breaches increasing steadily organizations
need to be vigilant in their protection of their systems. Even
a single incident of compromised customer data can be costly in terms
of both negatively affecting sales and tarnishing an organization’s
public image. Penetration
testing helps
avoid data incidents that put your organization’s reputation
and trustworthiness at stake. It identifies se... Continue reading...
Posted by orson Lopez. Posted In : Datacenter
January 9, 2013
Network
penetration testing is crucial for small and large scale business
organizations. If your enterprise has private and confidential data
to be secured from the third party intruders, then it is essential to
conduct a rigorous network penetration testing to ensure high-levels
of security.
The
reasons for performing network penetration testing
Performing network
penetration testing has
become important in case you are running a web hosting business
having your own infrastructure. This i... Continue reading...
Posted by orson Lopez. Posted In : Datacenter
January 1, 2013
In
this modern day technological era, no computing device’s future can
be guaranteed. With cloud computing providing unmatched convenience
and mobility to end users, the same can be said about the future of
desktops and personal computers. Cloud
computing indicates that people have the access to the software
and digital files whilst on the go, with a greater access to them
than the elementary input and output equipments and the internet
connection.
Service
providers in India are coming up... Continue reading...
Posted by orson Lopez. Posted In : Datacenter
December 26, 2012
Simply
put, managed hosting services refer to server hosting plans governed
by hosting service providers. In the web hosting landscape, the
expenses for managed hosting packages can range between hundreds of
dollars each month. Generally, a low end managed hosting employs VPS
hosting while the managed hosting plan is an updated version of a
dedicated hosting plan. Owing to the vast price range, it is crucial
to clearly understand the features and services that you can expect
from a certain ma... Continue reading...
Posted by orson Lopez. Posted In : Datacenter
December 19, 2012
Available
through a variety of different hosting options, shared hosting is a
remarkable option that is affordable. Shared hosting can be
beneficial to a variety of different users who need access to hosting
that is easy to use and fits well within their budget constraints.
There are wide options of hosting services in the market. The
appropriate hosting service, for your company advances your company.
As compared to all other hosting plans available in the market,
shared hosting is very popu... Continue reading...
Posted by orson Lopez. Posted In : Datacenter
December 12, 2012
Simply
put, managed hosting services refer to server hosting plans governed
by hosting service providers. In the web hosting landscape, the
expenses for managed hosting packages can range between hundreds of
dollars each month. Generally, a low end managed hosting employs VPS
hosting while the managed hosting plan is an updated version of a
dedicated hosting plan. Owing to the vast price range, it is crucial
to clearly understand the features and services that you can expect
from a certain ma... Continue reading...
Posted by orson Lopez. Posted In : Datacenter
December 6, 2012
Globalization
and technological growth along with the changing customer demands led
to organizations requiring faster internet connectivity and non-stop
operation. For enterprises with the global presence, responding to
customers demands from a different timezone needed the enterprises to
be working 24/7. Further the large amount of data transferred and
stored digitally enterprises needed to install high-end
infrastructure and networking equipment to always remain connected.
This led to the ... Continue reading...
Posted by orson Lopez. Posted In : Datacenter
November 30, 2012
Most
business continuity and disaster recovery consultants have observed
the absence of proper contingency planning and preparedness in most
organizations that is the most essential component to address and
survive any unwarranted risk or security breach that takes place. In
the recent past, industry verticals such as IT, telecom,
manufacturing, petrochemical, energy and utility power business
operations though are planning to resort to appropriate business
continuity and disaster recovery s... Continue reading...
Posted by orson Lopez. Posted In : Datacenter
November 22, 2012
In
today’s volatile business environment, anything can happen at any
time. Disasters can be natural or manmade but a successful enterprise
is one, which knows its limitations and puts in place disaster
recovery measures to reduce its impact (on its business operations)
and thereby ensure business continuity.
In
today’s volatile business environment, anything can happen at any
time. Disasters can be natural or man made but a successful
enterprise is one, which knows its limitations and p... Continue reading...
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