Identity, Security and Provisioning

What Is Identity & Security Management?
With the growing dependency on IT infrastructure and the increasing use of desktop PC’s, laptops and mobile devices, there is increased risk from viruses, security breaches, data and identity theft.

Organisations need to be aware of the multitude of threats that they face including Pod Slurpers, Thumb Suckers and Rogue Wireless Networks, as well as the more common threats from viruses and spyware.

Having in place a security system and policy that ensures that only authorised users have access to your network and that your end users keep their company computers secure is no longer a nice to have, but is essential to avoid attack and business damaging consequences.

Identify & Security Management not only puts in place the standard virus detection and firewalls, it also manages and controls your policies on who gets access to what, how you store and secure your data and what devices can be connected to your end-user PC’s.

What Are The Benefits Of Implementing Identity & Security Management?
The key benefit of Identity & Security Management is reducing the exposure and risk you face from external “nasties” attacking your IT infrastructure and your vital business data falling into the wrong hands.

Implement the appropriate solution and you will:

• Guard yourself from system-crippling viruses.
• Ensure only authorised users have access to your business systems.
• Reduce unproductive time from unplanned system failure.
• Keep your data protected from theft.
• Keep you and your customers identities secure.

What Identity & Security Management Solutions Are Available?
A vast range of solutions are available to cover all aspects of Identity and Security Management. These range from all-encompassing suites from the major vendors through to tools and applications from specialist vendors.

Microsoft’s Forefront provides a comprehensive suite that provides solutions for Server Security, Client Security and End-Point Security.

Novell’s have a range of products covering all aspects of Identity & Security including: Access Governance Suite, Access Manager, Identity Manager, eDirectory, Roles Lifecycle Manager and ZENworks End-Point Security Manager.

How Can b2Lateral Help You Secure Your IT Environment?
At b2Lateral we have over a decade of experience of sharing sound impartial advice with our clients on many different aspects of IT infrastructure and security. We constantly research the threats that organisations face and have experience in all of the leading practices and solutions available to you to improve the security of your centralised infrastructure and user end-point devices.

We offer organisations the opportunity to take advantage of our expertise by taking a free, confidential assessment. This consultation will identify your IT infrastructure’s strengths and weaknesses, measure your ability to protect your business against today’s latest PC, server and internet based threats and show what solutions and advice are available to you to create a more secure environment.

If you would like to take us up on this offer, please do so by requesting more information on Identity & Security Management on our more information page.