SME IT security: creating a simple and affordable bullet-proof closed network

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Category: Cyber Security (Personal)

Ask anyone “what makes computers today insecure?”, and the answer will inevitably be “evil hackers and viruses”.

The simple answer to the question is the network cable or wireless network connection. Take away the internet connection and your computer or network is close to being 100% secure since no one outside can connect to it. The only other vulnerability is physical security ... when someone breaks into an office to steal hard drives or computers.

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Why not controlling your business data is a bad idea

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Category: Cyber Security (Personal)

Over the last few months I have chatted to a number of small-to-medium businesses and it is surprising how relaxed they are about storing and/or emailing business work data at home. Storing data on your own personal hardware opens up a whole can of worms, mainly around policy, legal and technical issues. So what are the problems?

Email
A UK government minister once remarked that emails were as secure as a postcard. Data emailed to him could be intercepted and, given their record for unauthorised access, using Google and Hotmail accounts exposes all data, business or personal, held in the email account to the risk of access.

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Alt-N SecurityGateway for Email Servers - Universal Email Security Gateway

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Category: Technical Product Reviews

Manufacturer: Alt-N Technologies| Model: Standard | Origin: Texas, USA | Website: www.altn.com | Price: £204 for up to 25 users

Simplicity	Value	Documentation
3.5/5	5/5	4.4/5
Functionality	Performance	Overall
4/5	4.5/5	86%

The Good
Alt-N SecurityGateway is competitively priced and simple to set up*. It will ensure efficient and hassle free message spooling once up and running.

The Bad
* Though the set-up is simple, full configuration has a lot of options, which is good for granularity, but not for a novice. Currently extension filtering does not check within archives, though antivirus does.

Testing
Real-time: during a seven-day trial period SecurityGateway detected and stopped everything it claimed it would; spam, malware, relaying and SPF errors.

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