A company's management team is directly responsible for the protection of its proprietary information and systems assets. As we all know, security breaches can result in significant financial loss, negative publicity, lawsuits and permanent damage to the business. Information security systems ensure that such incidents are minimized and enables managers to develop strategies to protect their organization's information assets.



Security is not a one point solution. It is an on-going process which requires co-ordination and co-operation from all employees in an organization from top to bottom.

Information Security Management relates to all types of information, be it paper-based, electronic or other. It determines how information is processed, stored, transferred, archived and destroyed.

A secure information management system is one, which ensures:

?confidentiality: so that only those who are authorized to see the information have access to it

?integrity: so that the accuracy and completeness of the information is safeguarded by extensive sourcing, processing, updating and storage processes

?availability: so that authorized users have access to information and associated assets, in the required forms, when they need it.

Firewall technology for example is one such protection measure that is adopted by companies to secure important information. Managed firewalls are information security systems that are constantly monitored and updated by computer analysts. Like typical firewalls, they are software, hardware, or a combination of both designed to prevent unauthorized access to and from a private computer network. However, managed firewalls are usually administered by a third-party company specializing in information security. Most managed firewalls are used by businesses that have both the need and budget for the extensive protection this type of system offers.

Just like the firewall there are vulnerability assessments, email and spam filtering, PCI scanning, web-browsing anti-virus, anti-phishing, anti-pharming, policy compliance, virus and spyware protection, etc. required to install a comprehensive information security and management system (ISMS).

In a Managed Vulnerability Scanning process, there are several key steps you need to follow to ensure complete coverage of your networks. These steps are:

6)Vulnerability Detection: You need a sophisticated solution to scan and detect for the latest exploits and hacker attacks. All systems should be enumerated for technological and configuration weaknesses

7)External and Internal Assessment: You have to get a complete picture of your vulnerabilities, both internal external. According to a University of Maryland study, systems accessible to the Internet are scanned by hackers

for vulnerabilities on average every 38 seconds.

8)Consistency: Your scanning should be done daily or weekly. More than 100 vulnerabilities and released each day. You system be be secure one day and vulnerable the next. This should be done for both internal and external systems.

9)Application Scanning: Not only is the network layer and operating system at risk, but any application that allows an attack to probe for weaknesses is a potential danger. You should scan for application weaknesses on a frequent basis.

10)Remediation Process: Once you have determined your vulnerabilities through a managed vulnerability scanning approach, you need to followup with remediating the problems and fixing the strategic weaknesses that le to the problem. In a recent study by Cybertrust of 500 data breach incidents, they found that nearly all incidents involving vulnerability exploit could have been avoided. 90% of incidents had patches available for 6 months or more and were simply not applied. The remaining 10% also had patches available for 1 to 6 months.

At KRAA Security (www.kraasecurity.com) complete security services are being offered by a group of professionals at competitive prices, which include an initial fee and recurring monthly fees. Apart from security services, KRAA Security also acts as advisors and consultants on security. They gather information to suggest a customized security system to business enterprises interacts and educates the staff of an enterprise about the security system that is being implemented.

KRAA Security is sure to meet the security concerns of businesses for safeguarding information as it has a wide range of services to offer. Our Managed Security Services provides User Defense, System Defense, Intrusion Defense, Vulnerability Defense and Email Defense on a 24/7 basis. Our management capabilities covers areas such as Intrusion Detection/Prevention systems, Firewall management, Managed VPN Service, Content Filtering, Website monitoring, Virus scanning, Spam filtering, Vulnerability scanning, Phishing and Pharming defense and Host Intrusion detection. We provide management, monitoring and problem resolution for your security needs through our integrated security services portal.Log on to the site for more details.