Keeping IT Simple
Maximizing what little security budget is left isn't easy but it is possible. Despite the recession, businesses are still investing in security. But, what if your company isn't? There are ways to maximize the security budget you do have and actually increase your security posture. A simple approach can be extremely effective. Here are some recommendations:
1. Review existing security tools and augment with open source
Supplementing your existing IT Security infrastructure can be done via a myriad of open source tools that are extremely affordable. Review the tools you do have and supplement with open source or look at tweaking your current one's by contacting the vendor and seeing if there are any tweaks or scripts that can be written for a small professional services fee.
2. Keep training your staff
ALL employees need constant training. Review your existing training strategies and increase sessions or add free training tools and resources to your existing repetoire to "freshen" the content. Their are a "ton" of free resources out there. Microsoft has a great free security awareness tool kit you can use that contains all types of slogans, newsletter templates, etc...http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc165442.aspx
3. Increase security awareness
If your staff are trained and aware of potential risks and threats your ability to avoid security breaches is increased exponentially. Regular training, education and continuous communication and marketing techniques,can condition employees to be paranoid of e-mail attachments and URLs sent by strangers, or to be more cognizant of any potential inside employee issues.
1. Review existing security tools and augment with open source
Supplementing your existing IT Security infrastructure can be done via a myriad of open source tools that are extremely affordable. Review the tools you do have and supplement with open source or look at tweaking your current one's by contacting the vendor and seeing if there are any tweaks or scripts that can be written for a small professional services fee.
2. Keep training your staff
ALL employees need constant training. Review your existing training strategies and increase sessions or add free training tools and resources to your existing repetoire to "freshen" the content. Their are a "ton" of free resources out there. Microsoft has a great free security awareness tool kit you can use that contains all types of slogans, newsletter templates, etc...http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc165442.aspx
3. Increase security awareness
If your staff are trained and aware of potential risks and threats your ability to avoid security breaches is increased exponentially. Regular training, education and continuous communication and marketing techniques,can condition employees to be paranoid of e-mail attachments and URLs sent by strangers, or to be more cognizant of any potential inside employee issues.
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