The 24 Hour Organisation

Hytec Information Security

The modern organisation continues to function outside the normal business hours of Monday to Friday, 9 till 5. 

For many customers, suppliers and remotely located staff there are genuine and growing needs to access corporate applications through the evening, occasionally overnight or throughout weekends and bank holidays.

Maintaining your security and access systems requires constant 24-hour vigilance to ensure everything is in place and working. 

For example, every person requiring secure remote access needs e very component in the chain to be functioning.  These include communications line, routers and switches to firewalls, authentication services, application servers and databases.

The 24 hour organisation requires 24 hour information security monitoring.

24x7 Protection From Known & Unknown Threats

Protecting your critical information assets does not stop once the security architecture has been implemented, nor must it stop when your IT security team goes home.  Just as your premises are more likely to be broken into overnight, your data and applications are more likely to be breached outside normal working hours.

To remain safe, you must continuously monitor your security appliances, servers, applications, databases and other networked devices for signs of malicious activity. 

PRISM is the name given to Hytec's information security monitoring services

If you find it difficult to allocate internal resources to continuously monitor your information security, that's where PRISM is likely to be your most cost-effective solution.

With 24x7 expertise, monitoring and management of your information security system, PRISM allows you to ensure your security, improve operational efficiency and control the costs associated with implementing a real-time, comprehensive security monitoring strategy.

Tailor Your Security Monitoring

Hytec's PRISM Consultants will work with you to identify the critical assets, network infrastructure and security devices that must be monitored.  We will then agree on the appropriate monitoring service tailored to your needs.

In order to quantify your security needs, Hytec will conduct a full Vulnerability Assessment and Gap Analysis.   These costs are absorbed as part of the PRISM service, and will only be passed on if the service is terminated within the agreed contractual period.

PRISM will monitor virtually any critical device in your environment, regardless of vendor, including:

Security devices - firewalls, IPS, IDS, VPNs, anti-virus and more

Network infrastructure - servers, routers, switches and more

Critical systems - operating systems, applications, databases, public and private web services and more

Control Costs

You reduce the operational cost of your security infrastructure by using PRISM to provide 24x7 security management, monitoring and expertise.  Furthermore, PRISM eliminates any need to purchase additional hardware or software for event aggregation, analysis and reporting.

Security Monitoring & Analysis - 24 hours a day!

You can be confident that your security devices will continue to be monitored throughout the day and night, even after your staff and security team have gone home.  If a critical event is discovered, Hytec's PRISM Consultants will immediately take action before damage is done. All events and incident responses will then be archived for forensic and reporting purposes.

PRISM removes the burden of reviewing log files and security alerts, enabling your security team to focus on more strategic initiatives. Hytec's Consultants manage the Incident Handling process from detection to response.  By removing the burden of event monitoring and gaining a seamless view of enterprise-wide events, you will achieve faster implementation of your strategic security initiatives.

Throughout the service, Hytec will produce reports on the status of your security environment. These will be relevant for general analysis and for demonstrating your security to management, auditors or other stakeholders.

Source: Hytec Information Security, reproduced from www.hytec.co.uk