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by admin — last modified Aug 12, 2010 08:49 AM

Every single day numerous websites are victims of Internet piracy. Hackers use various methods to find security breaches and weaknesses on your servers. Once they have broken into your severs, hackers often have free access to all your data and you could ultimately loose control over your own production tool.

What server security is about

Every single day numerous websites are victims of Internet piracy. Hackers use various methods to find security breaches and weaknesses on your servers. Once they have broken into your severs, hackers often have free access to all your data and you could ultimately loose control over your own production tool.

Why should I secure my servers ?

If your servers where to become AWOL, you could loose significant revenues while your site is offline. Although most hosting companies guarantee next to 100% uptime, the reality is that it all depends on the type of attack and the small print on your contract. Whilst they could loose clients over security issues and data loses, you could loose your business altogether.

Hackers can also access confidential data such as your clients files.

An company’s servers provide a variety of services to internal and external users. Many servers also store or process sensitive information for the organization. Servers are frequently targeted by attackers because of the value of their data and services. For example, a server might contain personally identifiable information that could be used to perform identity theft.

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The following are examples of common security threats to servers :



  • Malicious entities may exploit software bugs in the server or its underlying operating system to gain unauthorized access to the server.
  • Denial of service (DoS) attacks may be directed to the server or its supporting network infrastructure, denying or hindering valid users from making use of its services.
  • Sensitive information on the server may be read by unauthorized individuals or changed in an unauthorized manner.
  • Sensitive information transmitted unencrypted or weakly encrypted between the server and the client may be intercepted.
  • Malicious entities may gain unauthorized access to resources elsewhere in the organization’s network via a successful attack on the server.
  • Malicious entities may attack other entities after compromising a server. These attacks can be launched directly (e.g., from the compromised host against an external server) or indirectly (e.g., placing malicious content on the compromised server that attempts to exploit vulnerabilities in the clients of users accessing the server).

 

Kaizen Marketing Group can assist organizations in installing, configuring, and maintaining secure servers.

  • Securing, installing, and configuring the underlying operating system
  • Securing, installing, and configuring server software.
  • Maintaining the secure configuration through application of appropriate patches and upgrades, security testing, monitoring of logs, and backups of data and operating system files.
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