Every organization has to deal with the challenges of regulatory compliance, security, and networking. However, things can get even more complicated for medium-sized and small businesses due to several reasons.
One of the biggest challenges rears its head during the implementation of technological solutions, most of which operate in silos yet are point solutions. With such challenges most procedures turn into swivel chair operations with security and network experts forced to keep tabs on multiple consoles, just to ensure that everything is working as it should and that any cyber threats to the business are kept at bay. Those charged with operating the network than have to work doubly hard to perform their functions as required, given the massive gaps in coverage caused by the almost nonexistent integration of the siloed systems.
In smaller companies where staffing limitations are more the norm than the exception, the few IT professionals need to work as jacks of all trades. With people working on multiple functions such as security analyst and network operations, it becomes difficult for one to become an expert in a given field. In fact, most professionals will have their own bandwidth stretched to the limit, reducing overall effectiveness.
What makes it even scarier is that just because it is a small business does not mean that a cyber-attack will be less damaging or intimidating, than if it was targeted at a large organization. Small businesses such as law firms, small retail shops, franchised quick service restaurants, and doctors’ offices still handle the same data regarding the company and its clients just like big organizations. PHI, PII, and PCI data are still protected classes of data that need to strict standards of protection from unauthorized disclosure and use.
All-in-one Networking and Security Solution
Netsurion the network security solutions company has recognized the need for a better solution on the SMB market segment. In this regard, it customizes its solutions to provide compliance management, threat management, and integrated connectivity solutions as managed services from the cloud.
Netsurion’s solutions optimize the edge as the foundation for a simplified networking experience. With SD-WAN architecture you can easily deploy Netsurion Connect using it as an on-premise next-generation firewall or through CXD, Netsurion’s patented edge device. Both methods of deployment provide an edge device with dynamic multipoint VPN capabilities through Netsurions Secure Services Gateway in the cloud. The connectivity is cheaper than most as it does not use the older MPLS technology, instead opting for cheaper internet which is all round great in terms of cost to the customer.
While MPLS is known to have a better quality of service as compared to broadband, Netsurion has come up with a range of solutions to make their solution just as good even if they are on broadband. One of their foundational measures is to reserve bandwidth for highest priority traffic whenever it is needed.
Intelligent path tracking which works to focus on transmitting the most important traffic and rerouting less important traffic to the edge of the internet is another measure that has been put in place. For instance, one can get free in-store Wi-Fi from many of the QSRs, where the traffic does not need to be secured while the quality of service can be as high as possible. A restaurant can put all guests on their own Wi-Fi segment, while important company traffic is put on its own secure segment.
Security an Integral Component
For every networking solution, security is one of the most important components. With a connection to the cloud through the edge device, Netsurion provides a secure internet portal that comes with application and IPS control and category-based web/URL content filtering. Netsurion’s threat detection package comes with SIEM from EventTracker (a recent acquisition by Netsurion) and endpoint threat detection and response. Not every company will need to use SIEM, though the package comes with Netsurion SOC’s 24×7 monitoring. The SIEM gets its data from network logs and endpoint sensors, which are then complemented with information from Netsurion and other threat databases such as STIX. The SIEM analyzes all the data collected and tries to find any threats therein.
According to Netsurion, all customers subscribed to its services get free advice on how to reduce system vulnerabilities by hardening their environments. The SOC provided by Netsurion provides its clients with important remediation advice that educates clients and informs them of the observations of the SOC and how they should go about fixing their systems in the instance of an incident. The advice comes in the form of expert advice and a report from a security analyst.
Compliance monitoring
The third component of a security solution and overall networking has to do with compliance monitoring. Even as it is an optional component, Netsurion tightly integrates it into the package of anyone that decides to use it. Compliance makes it possible for companies to be compliant with NIST and other important frameworks. Netsurion offers help to companies that need to be compliant with GLBA, FISMA, HIPAA, and PCI regulations among others. For instance, Netsurion will provide free advice on the SAQ questionnaire so that clients can understand what is required in a PCI compliance inspection. Customers can get their guidance from a portal where they can either find the information they need by themselves or if not, they can write emails, chat or talk to support reps.
Clients will also get external and internal vulnerability scanning of their systems. Netsurion uses data logs from SIEM in addition to sensors in the customer network to find insights that are critical in evaluating compliance readiness.
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