System Security Services

Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
A VPN is established through "tunneling" between two locations. Each location must be terminated with outbound communications encrypted and inbound communications decrypted. The majority of organizations use the gateway firewall in order to terminate the VPN. Enterprise networks are made to meet business requirements and VPNs allows the enterprise to extend its networks to an increasingly mobile workforce, business partners and consumers. By using the Internet, a cheap ubiquitous transport medium, this requirement can be easily realized.  Microtec can design, install and maintain the full range of VPN technologies extending our clients networks securely.

Identity and Authentication Services
Authentication solutions help ensure that only authorized users can gain access to mission-critical applications, databases, files, or web sites. Once authenticated, these solutions can control individual users access to the resources and services provided by specific systems (authorization) while at the same time providing an audit trail of users access and/or attempted access to systems, files and services. Many organizations still rely on usernames and passwords for access to even the most sensitive corporate data. Strong authentication solutions that make use of one-time passwords like tokens or smart cards are increasingly being adopted by larger organizations. Microtec offers the range of strong identity and authentication solutions.

Secure Content Management
Content Security are many technologies actively monitoring and managing data entering and exiting an organization making sure it is free of malicious code, viruses, confidential information or offensive material reducing legal liabilities associated with employee use of e-mail and the Internet. Content security also reduces increasing amounts of spam e-mail, and ensuring that organization's e-mail relays are not abused. Content Security solutions also manage Internet usage by employees - ensuring non-business applications do not degrade performance of key business applications by draining network resources. It does this by managing bandwidth. Content security tools can also help ensure data storage is not wasted on non-business data and can also address the threats of the use of unlicensed, unauthorized, and unsupported applications. Microtec develops, implements and maintains the latest content security tools to assist enterprises manage their data and systems accurately.

Encryption
Companies are using encryption to protect information while in transit to ensure confidentiality and integrity of data - preventing it from being read or compromised by unauthorized users and manipulation. These involve encrypted remote access sessions for mobile workers; non-repudiation of e-mail and the digitally signing of files. Microtec provides these data security solutions assisting organizations deploy secure data processes.

Operating System and Application Hardening
Operating System and/or Application hardening services are carried out on specific hosts and applications. The service involves re-configuring to increase security over and above the level offered when installing the operating system and/or applications 'out of the box' and covers a range of platforms and is highly recommended for critical web-facing systems such as border routers, firewalls, web servers, e-mail servers, remote access servers and intrusion detection systems. It is also recommended for internal systems such as authentication servers and database servers.

Intrusion Detection/Prevention System Design and Installation
The design, installation and real-time configuration of integrated host and network-based Intrusion Detection Systems is a critical element of today’s enterprise security infrastructure. IDS/IPS provide continual monitoring for known attacks and exploits launched against key systems and network components. The Microtec team has experience in designing, installing and configuring integrated host and network-based Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems. We work closely with our client to define and implement event detection and prevention policies, based on existing company security policies and procedures.

E-Mail Alert Service
E-mail based security alert services provide notification of new or potential vulnerabilities in popular operating systems and major security applications. Microtec provides this service with information, filtered by subject, on emerging exploits and threats as soon as they reach the public domain. Microtec monitors a wide range of information sources from around the world making sure our client's information is receiving the latest data security protection strategies against present and emerging risks.