Vulnerability Scan

Kent can provide proactive network management and monitoring to effectively help you secure and maintain your Business IT Systems (BITS) infrastructure. Protection that is often overlooked, left behind, or “was covered three months ago…” With the dynamic network infrastructures, and increasing improvements on “Hack tools”, a network that is secure today, will not be tomorrow. Vulnerability and Security management is a constant vigil, that when left unattended, will bring your network efficiency down, reducing network availability or making the network or core business function 100% unavailable. This causes many businesses to lose momentum, miss deadlines, lose revenue while often still paying employees to “not work only to sit and wait” for the business infrastructure to return to an operative state.

Below are several links to some good whitepapers to help you understand your vulnerabilities. We’ve also included links to several “free” online assessments to help you begin the Gap analysis. Our trained staff can help you mitigate your vulnerability risks and maintain your network efficiency while reducing your total cost of managing your network.

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Vulnerabilty and Security White Papers

Web-Based Vulnerability Assessment — Stronger Network Security Through Automated Audits

Vulnerability Assessment (VA) is quickly becoming the "fourth" pillar of security, contributing additional strength to firewalls, antivirus software, and Intrusion Detection. This paper describes the ways in which VA helps fortify network security, discusses the types of VA, including automated security audits, and outlines the strengths and weakness of each method.

Network Security 101: The Value of a Protected Network

Knowing the actual business value of your IT infrastructure as it relates to your business operations and company mission is crucial to understanding the financial consequences of any network security breach. This knowledge is important information to have, and should be top of mind, when developing an effective security plan and a realistic security budget.

Blocking Malware Without Signatures: Stopping Malicious Code at the Security Gateway

Contending with malware - a term that encompasses everything from viruses and worms to spyware and blended-threat attacks - is the most taxing burden on IT staff today. A serious problem over the past five years, malicious code attacks have escalated in unprecedented numbers in the past twelve months. Find out how to combat these menaces without relying on signature files alone.

A Practical Guide for Better Security

Network security is as much about business advantage as it is about deterring threats. This guide contains an outline for a security plan that addresses your critical business concerns — customer confidence, data integrity, increased productivity and cost savings — and tells you how to start making security a business advantage by thoroughly targeting security vulnerabilities at their source: the people and their processes.

Why a Real Firewall Provides the Best Network Protection

Many small businesses mistakenly believe that low-end NAT devices with or without stateful packet inspection (SPI) functionality provide the same network protection as a true firewall. But these devices were not built for security and leave networks open to attack. This paper explains how NAT devices work, how firewalls are different, and why an integrated firewall/VPN solution provides the best network protection for small businesses, remote offices, and telecommuters.

Links to “Free” online tools

Scan your system for common vulnerabilities using these free tools.

GFI Email Security Test

Is your email system secure against email viruses and attacks?

The most deadly viruses, able to cripple your email system and corporate network in minutes, are being distributed worldwide via email in a matter of hours (for example, the LoveLetter virus). Email worms and viruses can reach your system and infect your users through harmful attachments. But that's not all! Some viruses are transmitted through harmless-looking email messages and can run automatically without the need for user intervention (like the Nimda virus). Are you covered against such threats?

Symantec Security Check

Hacker Exposure Check - Checks whether your computer allows unknown or unauthorized Internet communications.

Windows Vulnerability Check - Checks whether basic information about your computer, including your PC's network identity, is exposed to hackers.

Trojan Horse Check - Checks whether your computer is safe from Trojan horses.

Antivirus Product Check - Checks whether you're protected by a commonly-used virus protection product.

Virus Protection Update Check - Checks whether you're safe from the latest viruses. Applicable if you have a virus protection product.