Keeping control of your systems and network

Four big areas of concern for owners, managers and users of computer systems and networks are:

• Viruses and worms
• Increasing amounts of spam email messages
• Threats from hackers and back-door trojans
• Exposure to / download of inappropriate web content

In addition to potentially causing damage to data and programs, such external influences can seriously disrupt normal working and impact efficiency.

Managers need a simple, efficient and effective control over all the interfaces with the outside world. If you have more than a few PCs or a server you must have central control of your protection services and reporting on actual or potential breaches.

For anti-virus and spam filtering see our section on corporate and small business anti-virus and spam filtering.

Protection from hackers can be achieved by use of an appropriately configured firewall and keeping operating software up to date with latest patches. Realcom can help with this through our Support and Help-Desk contracts.

Control of access to web sites and filtering of unacceptable content can be achieved in a number of ways depending on your particular requirements and network topology.

For example:

• White Lists
• Black Lists
• Complete block on web access
• Content recognition systems

or a combination of these techniques.

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or contact us to discuss your particular requirements.