Perimeter: FW, Email AV, Spam, Web Security

FIREWALLS

Firewalls are an essential component of network security. Acting as a virtual check point at your perimeter, a firewall can control what is and isn’t permitted access to your network. They are the guards at the gate- managing and monitoring all network traffic.

Properly designed and installed, firewalls can address most outside security threats without introducing any additional security liabilities to your network. The effectiveness of the firewall hinges on its design, ease of use and adaptability to new threats. However, when not properly implemented or sufficiently upgraded and maintained by security experts, firewalls offer only limited protection. The guard becomes the sleeping watchman.

To remain effective, firewalls need to be monitored, tested and upgraded as new services and applications are integrated. At ITC our expert consultants will design and implement firewalls or upgrade existing ones to suit the specific security needs of your network. We will work with you to ensure your security policies are clearly defined and updated regularly.

We offer the possibility of both a Self-Managed Firewall (so you can maintain the firewall in-house) and a High Availability Firewall Solution (suitable for customers requiring continuous network availability in a fail-safe infrastructure).

Benefits

• Monitored and Managed by industry-leading experts, maximising performance and security.
• Continuous protection against new vulnerabilities
• Cost-effective-removing the need for expensive in-house support.
• ITC 24x7 Network Operation Centre monitoring and support.
• Allows you to refocus your resources on core business objective
• Security confidence and peace of mind
• 24/7 Network Availability
• Firewall synchronisation and integrated Hot Standby routing
• Continuous Internet connectivity
• Maximises fault tolerance

Features

• Managed firewall (+ VPN) solution, installed on your premises and configured by firewall experts, according to your company security policy.
• 09.00-18.00 or 24 x 7, Log monitoring, monitored by ITC's state-of-the-art Network Operations Centre.
• Firewall software and operating system updates.
• Policy updates for new vulnerabilities.
• Testing of Patch Update to Firewall OS and applications on ITC test Firewalls.
• 20 rule changes per annum.
• Online service reports from a secure extranet site.
• Defined escalation procedure.
• QoS to monitor: Availability, Capacity, Latency, Root Cause, Statistics, Quality of Service.

Why ITC?
Our consultants will inspect your entire network perimeter and define any potential vulnerabilities as part of our comprehensive security policy solution. There is no point guarding the gates if other areas of your perimeter are exposed. Our managed firewall solution incorporated into the ITC Managed Network Platform- Orama, ensures all potential threats to your network are mitigated, recorded and reported.

EMAIL AV, SPAM, WEB SECURITY

The luxury and ease of having multiple access points for connecting to your company’s network comes at a price- increased risk. Protecting your network against malicious attacks or inappropriate content is an ongoing and often difficult task.

The number of internal and external threats to network security has greatly increased, along with spam and unwanted web traffic. Organisations are being attacked across multiple media protocols (email, web, SSL), giving hackers diverse means of compromising a company's network and assets.

100% Protection without Compromise
Our ITC security experts will implement leading managed email and web security services to ensure that all external connections to third parties are capable of delivering the highest level of security. By directing all email and web traffic via MessageLabs and ScanSafe, our customers are protected against all external threats. Both of these services utilise technologies which assess the nature of each virus and proactively defend your company’s network 24/7. ITC has a 100% success rate with both MessageLabs and ScanSafe and without the aid of any hardware or software installations.

At ITC we offer real time protection that promotes business continuity, reduces total cost of ownership and defends your network from attacks. Using the Proactive Control Services, MessageLabs and ScanSafe also ensures that all email and internet users adhere to client configuration policies. Using best practices based on IT service management (ITIL), we will continue to monitor and safeguard your company from illicit content. ITC has helped organisations of all sizes and in all sectors successfully fortify their peripheral security. Our expert consultancy team makes it their business to progressively monitor, defend and respond to security breaches. We continuously search the market for state of the art solutions designed to safeguard all your internal resources.