System Security Prevention

System Security Prevention

1. Penetration Testing

   • A company will invite experts to try to simulate a range of networks and will attempt to discover any weaknesses in the system to help the company improve their system security

2. Network Forensics

   • In the event of an attack , monitoring can allow people to see what carried out the attack , who caused it and what was taken

3. Network Policies

   • Acceptable Use Policy may include using complex passwords. You could have different levels of access for certain people. USB are not allowed. Backup policies meaning people are responsible for backing up data and the location of the backups. Disaster Recovery Policy the technicians are able to try and get them back if you accidentally delete files

4. Anti- Virus Software

   • It finds and destroys the viruses it finds whilst searching the computer

5. Firewalls

   • It monitors the data that flows through the port which are kept closed unless something needs to be sent through them

6. User-Access Levels

   • Users of a computer system are given certain access rights so that they cannot access parts they should not be able to access

7. Passwords

   • Used to ensure that a network has no unauthorised access and should be changed regularly

8. Encryption

   • Data is scrambled before it is sent across networks to stop hackers from being able to understand what the data is saying due to its encryption