IT systems and computer security should be very high on the agenda for both in-house businesses systems as well computers based at home, whether used for work or play.
Security is a sprawling topic and touches on just about every aspect of computer systems use.
Most security issues are not to do with software bugs, flaws and ‘holes’ as popular belief would have it – most issues are down to plain simple human ignorance or error.
Informal IT can engineer you a system built around proven industry good practice to help minimise the potentially harmful effects of the system users as well as protect your systems against unauthorised access or deliberate attack.
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The single most prolific cause of IT related security breaches is poor password policy.
Modern computers can process information faster and faster - this not only includes daily user tasks such as spreadsheet calculations, but also includes system functions user logons, client connections and similar. This also means it takes far less time for a potential ‘hacker’ to gain entry to your IT systems by guessing your passwords.
A typical password guessing program can try in excess of 400 passwords every second. If any of the passwords on your system are short, or normal dictionary words, they will be ‘guessed’ very quickly indeed.
Informal IT offers a password auditing service whereby we audit your password policies and test your current systems for weak passwords. A full report is drawn up, including highlighted areas of concern along with recommendations of industry standard practice.
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