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Unless you've been living under a rock, you've been hearing over and over again that network security is critical to all kinds of companies. You know that you need to protect your systems from viruses, of course, but that's only the beginning. Now we're being told we also have to analyze our networks for all manner of unknown vulnerabilities.
Is network security analysis really necessary for smaller companies? In a word, yes. At least according to Ajit Sancheti, the co-founder and CEO of Mu Security, a developer of network security analyzer products.
bMighty: What should a smaller company consider when thinking about implementing network security analysis?
Sancheti: You should look for a service that looks for known vulnerabilities and unknown vulnerabilities, anything that will slow down your network. We provide an appliance but there are some consultants that can implement the service, and that's a good way to start for small or midsize businesses. But it should be incorporated as part of normal business practices anytime there is a change to the network. This is a proactive way of knowing what you will find reactively. Then you can go back to the vendor and say "fix it," or get a sense of the quality of the network so you can plan and configure it differently.
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