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Introduction
"Force has no place where there is need of skill."
Herodotus, The Histories of Herodotus
SX Web Solutions is a leading provider
of information security solutions for organizations and businesses.
SX Web Solutions is preceded by its reputation
in the in the security arena. By offering security management
software, managed security services, site surveys and audits
to assess vulnerability, strategic consulting and training,
SX Web Solutions is a trusted security provider for
its customers, protecting network resources and ensuring safe,
uninterrupted business operations. We support our customers
worldwide.
Our security professionals are comprised of top-notch talent
in the industry, and are highly skilled in all facets of Information
Security including Site Surveys, Firewalls, PKI, Intrusion
Detection, Vulnerability Testing, Forensics, Network Design
and Network Architecture. SX Web Solutions
security professionals have wide-ranging backgrounds to include
the military, CIA, and academia. We also have extensive experience
in physical and personnel security.
The Threat
"Nothing is more worthy of the attention of a
good general than the endeavor to penetrate the designs
of the enemy." Niccolo Machiavelli, Discourse
Information Security is critical for any organization using
computer technology to maintain its competitive edge. Every
year billions of dollars are compromised due to inadequate
security measures that arise from ignorance, negligence and
maliciousness. Security is dynamic and any effective program
must template electronic, personnel and physical threats in
an integrated fashion.
Increasingly complex information systems are being integrated
into traditional business operations. Many of these systems
are designed and employed with inherent vulnerabilities that
are, in many cases, the unavoidable consequences of enhanced
functionality, interoperability, efficiency, and convenience
to users. Moreover, to be successful, information technology
must be integrated with other business operations. Customer
service, marketing strategy, billing, vendor relationships,
costs, employee collaboration and sophisticated reporting
achieve more when tightly integrated.
The very purpose of information technology only makes it
efficient and cost effective when its capabilities (and vulnerabilities)
are extended to an unprecedented number of users or knowledge
workers who can collaborate and maximize the use of available
resources. The broad access to and use of information systems
enhances business operations. However, these useful capabilities
induce interdependence, and that interdependence creates vulnerabilities.
Information systems are a double-edged sword. In today’s
marketplace a business must use them to be competitive but
the very nature of the technology and way it must be used
to achieve that success opens a company up to security exploits
and compromise.
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