Let’s face it, the point of your business is to make money and that is whole the reason you’ve made investments in technology.  Securing those investments means making sure that they are always available to you and your staff and that the information they house stays confidential and accurate.  Most importantly, security shouldn’t get in the way of getting things done.  Technology is there to make people more productive and efficient, not get in their way.

Network security is more than just passwords and firewalls.  A secure network is useless if users can’t get to the information they need when and where they need it or if the information they get is out of date or corrupt.  Network security is multi-faceted and must consider all aspects of security including confidentiality, integrity, availability and productivity. 

Availability means you have access to your information when and where you need it, without exception.  (BCP, Redundancy, High Availability, Back Ups)

Confidentiality means that only the people who need the data get access to it.  (firewall, encryption, vpn)

Integrity means that things are the way they seem, no unauthorized changes have been made that would impact the accuracy of the information or the functionality of the systems.  (vulnerability assessments, configuration management)

Productivity means that systems and processes are fast and efficient so that you can do more in less time.  (spam & content filtering, nms)