Ensuring business compliance
Smart approaches to security
More and more companies are using the internet and websites as
business platforms. However e-business raises some important
security issues which must be addressed if you are to protect both
your company information and the computers on which you rely.
Whether you are big or small, working over the internet extends
business opportunities and contributes to efficiency but it can
increase the risks making it essential to implement security
policies and procedures and regularly review them.
There are considerable advantages to using the internet, not
least of which is that people working anywhere can access
corporate applications including email, diaries and product
literature. You can streamline your operations and make it easier
for suppliers and customers to contact you by giving them online
access to company databases and applications including billing,
sales / product catalogues, purchasing or even personnel. However,
opening up your networks can only be safely done if you can control
access, ensure the connections are secure and you know who is
visiting.
Most companies now make security a condition of doing business so
that if you want to work with others via the internet you must
comply with their standards. This is especially true in the public
sector where security breaches could have serious consequences.
Joined up government
Like most organisations, governments are introducing policies to
streamline and make the ways in which they interact with their
public more efficient and cost effective. They are turning to
e-business as the solution. However, getting on the list of
preferred suppliers depends not only on being able to deliver but
on having the right security policies and systems and proving
compliance. To win and keep public sector contracts you must
demonstrate that you have installed rigorous security systems to
protect not only your networks but the applications running over
them. You must also comply with data protection laws and other
government regulations and legislation.
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