As an outsource security partner BAI provides managed security, managed firewall, managed ids, content filtering, internet security, network security, penetration testing, and vulnerability testing.

Have you conducted an audit of your IT Environment?  According to best practices, security gurus and regulators, there are many different areas of your organization that should be reviewed on a periodic basis.

This list is not exhaustive, but will give you a great start:

External Security Audit – A scan of the vulnerabilities associated with systems connected and accessible from the Internet.  In addition, a passive penetration of the vulnerabilities and their risk to your network environment.

Internal Security Audit - An extensive scanning process on all key systems internal to the environment. 

Audit Network Operating System Security - A detailed look at the design, implementation, administration, and monitoring of servers and systems 

Audit Security Policies - A streamlined way to ensure your companies Information Security Polices are in sync with industry standards

Audit Firewall Security - A detailed review of the Firewall the IDS/IPS system(s) to ensure proper design, implementation, administration, and monitoring. 

Audit AntiVirus Protection - A detailed review that your antivirus protection is properly designed, implemented, administered, and monitored as necessary to not only protect against common viruses, but to protect against additional security threats that could create a backdoor to corporate systems and/or cause denial-of-service outages.

War-dialing / Telco Testing - A  scan of every phone assigned to your organization, determines if a modem exists, determines the type of system used to accept the call, evaluates authentication mechanisms, and performs a passive penetration attempt on the device. 

Wireless Audit – identify any weaknesses and demonstrate best practice methods for design and implementation

Workstation Vulnerability Testing - A scan for workstation vulnerabilities that hacking tools and viruses can take advantage of to gain control of the workstation and launch larger attacks.  The workstation is also scanned extensively for spyware, malware, Trojans, key-loggers, and other harmful software. 

Social Engineering Evaluation - A test of your internal users to determine if they will divulge sensitive information about systems and/or user-accounts to unauthorized individuals when approached with a cleverly crafted dialog by an outsider to the organization. 

If you would like further information regarding an IT Audit, please feel free to contact BAI Security.