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Basic aspects of information security

Author: Fredrick Durrenmatt
by Fredrick Durrenmatt
Posted: Jun 11, 2015

Do you think your business is secure? Every company, no matter how small, should benefit of a data security policy in order to protect its information technology and physical assets. Just think of some of the aspects that matter to your business and then create a written response to those needs. All data that a firm creates and uses are extremely important for its owner. He does not want his competition to find out about his strategies and then loose points on the market, from this perspective. Disadvantages could be many, once this accidentally happens. Here are some of the aspects for which IT security is most of the times vital for the survival of a long existing company, especially in a city like Dubai.

First of all it’s important to mention the fact that a security policy of an IT company Dubai is like a document that is never finished. Technology is continuously updating and the employee requirements changing. A company’s safety policy can contain a description of how the company is intending to educate its employees about its assets and also an explanation of how security measurements will be performed and implemented. Moreover a procedure for evaluating the efficacy of this policy won’t be missing. This way they will ensure that the necessary correction will be done.

Secondly, confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system and information used by the member of a company are the objectives of the IT security Dubai. Preserving these principles, governing this sector, is mandatory. Malware attacks produce the biggest loses in a company. They are the result of human errors as well as of various system and implementation problems at the IT level. International business like Google, Facebook or Twitter are the most exposed to this attacks. However they can be avoided or controlled if you take into account some simple but essential rules of security. Either they are basic rules or more sophisticated, in the end they all have the same role of protecting the data.

Besides loses, another important aspect of safety policy would be evaluating the data owned by the company, how confidential they are. Once you know what you protect you will know how to protect. Secret information can be stored in different locations and protected through a system of access that limits to a minimum the number of authorized persons in the dedicated spaces. Therefore limiting psychical access would be a safe security method. This minimizes the risk of stealing a laptop, a hard-disk or even a server from the building. Thirdly the vulnerability of the company will dramatically decrease and will ensure the company survival. The correct approach of information security is the best way of protecting the firm data.

All in all, information security is a wider domain but those discussed above would be essential when it comes to IT company Dubai. The world is in continuous movement and the privacy and security requirements are growing day by day in the same manner the threads are keeping up.

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