Networks First, Number One, Paper Mill Drive, Church Hill South, Redditch B98 8QJ Tel: 0845 850 5577 For more information about Networks First please email: enquiry@networksfirst.com

Networks First’s Advanced Local Area Network (LAN) Security service is designed to protect the integrity of both the network infrastructure and the data resident on it from vulnerabilities or threats that may exist from within the organisation’s LAN, outside the scope of normal perimeter security mechanisms.

Networks First’s Advanced LAN Security service will help protect the LAN from the following: The combination of this information will ensure high network availability and increased reliability.

• Denial of Service (DoS) attacks

• Unauthorised Management Access

• Unauthorised Network Access Despite the high profile of external and wireless security threats, internal LAN security is often neglected. In a recent security survey it was reported that approximately 40% of all cyber-based attacks on internal systems occurred from sources residing on the Local Area Network (LAN). According to other research, internal attacks pose a major threat to critical business assets. Twenty three percent of organisations surveyed have had an internal breach, while twenty seven percent had no means of knowing whether or not an attack had occurred or whether they were compromised by an internal user.

Networks First’s Advanced LAN Security Service will:

Advanced LAN Security

Prevent unauthorised management access to network devices

Apply best practice LAN configurations that adhere to industry standards

Remove vulnerabilities associated with an entirely ‘plug & play’ LAN deployment

Protect the LAN from unauthorised internal access within the network perimeter

Minimise disruption caused by network security breaches

Help protect the integrity of data traversing the internal network

Ensure your network provides a secure and stable environment, maximising application availability and user productivity

Help establish operational controls associated with PCI/DSS, Government Code of Connection (CoCo) and ISO 27001 compliance standards

Networks First, Number One, Paper Mill Drive, Church Hill South, Redditch B98 8QJ Tel: 0845 850 5577 For more information about Networks First please email: enquiry@networksfirst.com

Deliverables:

Review security policy and document the existing LAN security configuration.

Understand technical drivers

associated with internal

security requirements.

Ascertain features and capabilities of

the existing infrastructure to comply

to industry standards and best

practice such as the Institute of

Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

Identify current hardware,

software and configuration

vulnerabilities.

A list of recommended next actions

leading to the configuration of an

Advanced LAN Security solution,

utilising existing infrastructure

systems where possible.

Identify systems that can be

utilised for the Advanced LAN

Security configuration.

An enhanced LAN configuration,

documented and underwritten to an

agreed specification, will then be

implemented by Networks First.

Provide a Gap Analysis between what

is currently deployed, with what

should be configured on the LAN to

adhere to best practice for internal

LAN security.