IT Security

Information is an essential resource for all businesses today and is the key to growth and success. However, you need to ensure that the information held on your IT systems is secure and protected from an ever increasing number of threats; especially if you share information with other organisations.

ISG can advise and deliver cost-effective IT Security solutions, protecting your business against significant security risks

Businesses are increasingly vulnerable to hackers, viruses and even the detrimental actions of their own staff (accidental or otherwise). 

The impact of a IT Security breach may be far greater than you would expect. The loss of sensitive or critical information will not only affect your competitiveness and cash flow but could also damage your reputation - something which may have taken you years to establish and may be impossible to restore.

On a more positive note, however, there are a number of counter-measures available to you. Effective IT Security can help you control and secure information from malicious changes, deletions and unauthorised disclosure.

We can consult with you, install, configure and support the latest technologies to aid you in protecting your systems and information.  Our experience and expertise in technology procedures, policies and user awareness, makes us the preferred technology partner for many leading organisations successfully managing the risks to their IT environments.

No matter the size or scale of your operations, there should be the following procedures in place as standard:

• A properly configured firewall for your internet connection
• Virus, spyware and email attachment content scanners, updated on a regular basis
• Ensure all your systems, not just IT Security (especially firewalls) are updated on a regular basis with service packs, patches and hot fixes to counter the latest known intrusion techniques

Business continuity planning

What if something goes wrong? What if my company’s data or infrastructure is damaged in some way?

It is at this point that you turn to your disaster recovery/business continuity plan (BCP).

The aim of a BCP is to enable your organisation to restore business-critical systems and infrastructure as soon as possible after a ‘disaster’ scenario. We are here to help you put into place a strategic, step-by-step plan, encompassing all systems, facilities and staff resources used within your business - not just those confined to the IT department.

Furthermore, organisations are constantly changing and it is important that recovery strategies evolve to meet immediate and future threats. That’s why we work with you to monitor the effectiveness of your BCP and make the necessary changes to combat current issues.

For example:

• Business processes change and people join, transfer and leave organisations on a regular basis. Plans should be updated to reflect changes in recovery teams
• New IT systems are introduced to support business activities. Prior to implementation you should consider your ability to recover these following a systems failure

To contact ISG about our services please email: info@isg-technology.com