Why a Good Firewall is Essential for Business Success?

A good firewall solution or service is now very important for managing business infrastructure and data; especially in today’s highly competitive and technology-driven business environment. The increasing number of external and internal treats to enterprise network and data indicates that enterprises have to secure their technology investment. A good firewall is a solution for lots of problems.

1. Securing confidential data: customer details, employee details and reviews, business plans, product data, money transaction details and analytics are only some of the enterprise data that needed to be shared on the network for smooth functioning; and thus are vulnerable for external or internal intrusion. The loss or leak of data may harm the business reputation or can cause business downtimes.
2. Data Manipulation and loss: this is perhaps even worse situation. Loss or human-manipulation to stored information can cause some serious business issues that include downtimes, poor decision making or inappropriate service to customers.
3. Securing IT infrastructure: The opening up of enterprise network to outside intruders can send a business to stone-age. Intruders can delete or edit data, delete or modify applications and application settings, place malicious softwares or spywares, or in worst cases can steal various private credentials.

So controlling the access of users, employees, customers and outsiders to enterprise data is very important. A good firewall solution can offer you all these benefits. When choosing a solution choose the one that is best suited for your enterprise requirements.

SWAN Solutions and Services is a leading Indian enterprise firewall solutions provider helping businesses with firewall solutions of leading brands like SonicWALL Network Security, Palo Alto Networks and Citrix.

USB Storage Devices and Enterprise Data Security

USB storage devices commonly known as pen-drives, flash-drives or memory-sticks have become so popular that they are now everywhere and in everyone's hands. Although, to discussed widely yet, these storage drives cause some very serious problems to enterprise data and network security. New studies have found that more than 70% of business globally loss sensitive data because of improper use or misuse of USB drives. The issue may be worse in India because of lack of property security concern among employees.

A majority of data loss or leakage is because of computer worms, malwares and other harmful programs which enter enterprise computers from USB storage devices. These unwanted programs can cause system delays, program errors, data breaches or OS errors. If the computer is connected to a network, the program can initiate a chain reaction, which spread to all connected computers. Other major reason for data leakage is because the availability of sensitive business data outside enterprise security systems.

Enterprises can secure sensitive data from these USB treats by many means.

• Using data encryption: encrypting enterprise data can solve almost all types of USB treats. Viewing encrypted files require decrypting and proper authentication. So even if the data is leaked to outside, it is very difficult to access that.
• Protecting data and data locations: locking sensitive information location from copying can minimize data leakage.
• Use updated anti-virus and anti-malware programs: so that enterprises can stop worms and other programs from accessing the computers or entering into those.
• Use separate devices from home and office: direct employees not to use USB flash drives on enterprise computer systems. Or if necessary to use separate USB drives for personal and business uses.

SWAN Solutions is a leading enterprise data and network security company offering top-class services to Indian enterprises. SWAN also offers top-notch network audit services.

Enterprise Security Planning - Things which Makes some Differences

Do your business computer systems are affected by viruses and other destructive programs? Are these systems are slow in performance? Do your computers need formatting and reinstallation? Or you are facing problems which accessing your programs and to keep the office hierarchy? All these are common issues which most Indian business enterprises. Today, most of the computer systems enterprises used are infected by unwanted programs, overloaded with programs, slow in performance and easily accessible to intruders. Proper security planning is lacking in most enterprises.

Enterprise security planning is one crucial business management process that can determine the long-term performance and success of the enterprise. The process include proper addressing of security issues like,

• Securing internet and LAN access.
• Properly configuring firewall programs, Routers and VPNs.
• Installing right anti-virus programs and properly configuring them.
• Using proper url-filtering, web-access management programs and ensuring connectivity.
• Avoiding and preventing unwanted program or network access and external intrusions.
• Offering right access control that complements the enterprise operational hierarchy.
• Protection against possible natural and human-made disasters.
• And keeping everything updated and organized.

Enterprise security specialists can guide you in planning proper security measures to your infrastructure, data and programs. But when hiring a specialist make sure that he or the service provider can properly understand your business and its needs and has proper knowledge in systems and programs you use.

Swan Solutions and Services offers Enterprise Security Planning services to Indian companies. We also offer IT infrastructure management services that help businesses to keep cost but maximize resource utilization.

Enterprise Data Security Services Mumbai India

Enterprise data and networks are always vulnerable to different kinds of external and internal treats. In this digitally-driven world loss or leakage of data can result in putting the business out-of-business. But now there are many enterprise data and network security services available which can help you to protect the business data, fine tune your enterprise computer network and to implement a centralized security system that can effectively prevent most kinds of data loss and leakage.

Standard enterprise data security services is the combination of many services,

• Antivirus and Antispam software.
• Enterprise class firewall application.
• Different levels of program and application access management according to employee category.
• Choosing of right kind of programs, OS and hardware equipment.
• Internet access management, URL filtering and content screening tools.
• Security encryption of enterprise data.
• External and internal treat detection in real-time.
• Secure log-in screens and secured data flow.
• Right management of external storing devices like flash drives, memory cards and external hard-disks.
• Right kind of data backup and archiving systems.
• Secure transaction gateways.
• Screening of internet access and data scripts.
• Workforce training.

As different enterprises have different kinds of data networks, hardware and applications, these data security services need to be fine-tuned to meet specific requirements. Also these services have to be cost-effective.

SWAN solutions offer advanced enterprise data security services in Mumbai, India at a cost-effective rate.

Enterprise Data Security in India

Recently Symantec has released an interesting study data showing that only 15% of Indian SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) are confident enough to declare that their enterprise data is secure and has a clear flow or have clear data policies. Also 34% of companies reported data loss of some kind and 35% of Indian SMEs are out of business because of their data loss. Alarming stats!

The first and foremost reason for this poor enterprise data security in India is the lack of a sound data security policy. No one in the company clearly knows the value of their data and the ways to protect it. Common data loss causes include,

• Unprotected Wi-Fi and open networks.
• Poor enterprise data networks.
• Poor data encryption and storing systems.
• Sharing of data on web demanding no authentication.
• Accessibility of top-level /core enterprise data to low-level employees like salesmen.
• Low standard data storing formats like word and excel instead of databases.
• Outdated protocols.
• And poor leadership and low budget allocation.

Most of the Indian companies depend on an amateur group of network administrators to look after their data and to manage their data security. By hiring a good Indian data security planning service can help companies to properly plan their data architecture, use high encryption techniques, install secure database and ensure constant data flow to client machines. Enterprise data security systems like Sonicwall can be the perfect solution for your data security.