Managed IT Security Services What Are They and How Can They Help?

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The term IT managed services refers to numerous computer safety measures offered by IT consulting companies to protect a client's computerized information system and secure the safety of its proprietary data. Managed IT security services are conducted on either an in house basis or an outsourced, web hosted basis. Due to the equipment cost, software cost and the ongoing maintenance fees that come with an in house IT security system, many companies opt for hosted security services, while other companies believe that an in house system is safer than a hosted system. In either case, companies can receive a tailored security approach that meets their unique IT security needs. However, three security features of IT management that almost all companies receive are intrusion detection, firewall management and virus protection, each of which we describe below.

Intrusion detection management is an IT security services feature that monitors a company's computers and networks to protect against security breaches, of which there are two basic types: breaches that occur from outside of a company, which are known as breaches of "intrusion", and breaches that occur from within a company, which are known as breaches of "misuse". As it assess whether breaches have occurred, intrusion detection management relies on a technology known as vulnerability assessment, which assesses the security of computers and networks by performing the following security functions: the monitoring of system and user activity, the recognition of common security attack patterns, the analysis of abnormal activity and attack patterns and the tracking of user policy violations. Firewall management uses a collection of interrelated security programs to protect a network's information from other networks. The programs, which are located on a network's gateway server, can exhibit a variety of network protective measures, all of which are typically aimed at protecting a company's intranet from outsiders and/or limiting what a company's employees can access on the Internet. To accomplish its task, firewall management uses various screening methods, such as screening access requests to make sure that they come from an acceptable web domain and IP address. Firewall management can accommodate remote access to a company's intranet through the provision of secure login procedures and authentication certificates.

Virus protection is accomplished through anti-virus software, which searches a company's hard drives and diskettes to identify any known or potential viruses. There are three basic types of computer viruses: file infectors, which attach to program files; system or boot-record infectors, which attach to the master boot-record on hard disks and the boot sector on diskettes; and macro viruses, which infect computer applications and insert unwanted characters. Once viruses are identified, they can be eliminated by antivirus software.