Security considerations by necessity affect many important aspects of your business. i-dash have gathered a wealth of experience in corporate and military environments, working with a wide variety of security products and controls.

i-dash provide an in-depth analysis and design for our clients security needs meeting the individual business requirements. i-dash have worked with industries that rely heavily on the security of their network and user capabilities such as; military, education, public sectors, medical, legal and blue chip companies.

Security is an increasing concern for businesses as increasing regulation and enforcement from the Information Commissioner and other regulatory and compliance bodies.

Data Protection Act

The data protection act applies to all businesses in the UK which stores personal information.

Further details can be found here: http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_organisations/data_protection/the_guide.aspx

As of April 2010 the Information Commissioner has the power to fine organisations who breach the data protection act up to £500,000.

A4e a training company gave an employee a laptop containing personal information on 24,000 people to take home. The computer was not encrypted. The laptop was stolen from the employee's home and an unsuccessful attempt was made to access the information.

The Commissioner ruled that a monetary penalty of £60,000 was appropriate, given that access to the data could have caused substantial distress… A4e also did not take reasonable steps to avoid the loss of the data when it issued the employee with an unencrypted laptop, despite knowing the amount and type of data that would be processed on it.

PCI DSS

PCI DSS is the IT security standard for the payment card industry, if your company accept credit or debit card payments then this standard applies to you.

Further details can be found here: https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/index.php

ISO 27001

ISO 27001 is a certification for an organisations Information Security Management System, it shows that the holders IT security is managed and maintained to a high standard.

Further information on ISO 27001 and other ISO standards can be found here: http://www.iso.org

i-dash can assist you in building security systems and controls to mitigate these risks to your business and comply with the relevant legislation.

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Compliance Systems And Documentation

i-dash can provide assistance with producing documentation and systems to help comply with auditing and compliance requirements. These can include change control, document control, patch management, asset management, helpdesk systems, incident response, network diagrams and documentation.

Perimeter Security

Where your network reaches the Internet is the area of your network where you can be most vulnerable, i-dash works with a wide range of vendors to supply firewalls, UTM, IDP and IDS systems and appliances to mitigate these risks. i-dash design solutions to meet your businesses IT needs and will advise you through every step of the implementation process from design to deployment.

Physical Security

Physical security is often overlooked when implementing security controls, i-dash can provide best practice advice to implement physical security in your IT environment. i-dash can supply IP security cameras, electronic access control systems and many more products to help you secure your IT.

Penetration Testing

Penetration testing is a key aspect of ensuring that your systems maintain security. i-dash use a wide range of tools to look for vulnerabilities in your IT systems from inside and out, and produces a detailed report with our findings and any necessary actions required to remediate.

Network Monitoring

Knowing what is happening on your network can be the indication of a problem or security breach. i-dash has extensive experience with implementing and maintaining a wide range of network monitoring software. i-dash can assist with creating alerts and advise on a best practice approach for taking control of your IT.

Content Filtering

Web browsing by end users can often be the cause of security breaches. ‘Drive by downloads’ on end users can compromise a system and open up access to your companies data. Content filtering allows you to ensure that end users are protected from these threats. It will also give you the reporting and control needed to ensure that web usage at your business is appropriate.

Remote Access

The requirement for secure remote access into your IT systems is a key requirement for many businesses. i-dash can help design systems to provide remote access into your systems while retaining a high level of security and control.

Two Factor Authentication

In some situations using a username and password is not considered sufficient security, in these cases i-dash can provide secure two factor authentication services. The principle behind authenticating with something you know, a username and password and something you have, a security token. Please contact our security team for more information on these products.

Host Based Security

Drive Encryption

Full drive encryption can be necessary in circumstances where you cannot take steps to guarantee that physical security of end users devices. Typically this would be laptops and portable drives such as USB sticks. i-dash offer secure easy to administer solutions for full disk encryption in addition to advice on deployment and implementation.

Antivirus Solutions

Antivirus forms an additional layer of defence against security breaches, keeping your client devices up to date and regularly scanned can be a labour intensive process. i-dash offers a range of solutions to automate and audit your client devices antivirus protection.

Email Security

Email has become the main means of communication for many businesses. Regulatory and compliance standards can require email between organisations to be encrypted. In response to this i-dash can provide solutions which enable secure communication.

SPAM and virus infected email can also be a cause of security breaches, i-dash offer a hosted anti SPAM solution which help mitigate this threat.

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i-dash consider security to be an on-going process, as your needs and technology change your IT security must adapt to these requirements.