Today, with users being able to access the Internet, send and receive email and browse the local network, often in an unstructured manner, it is more important than ever that users are focused and productive. It is essential that access to information is managed and users are accountable for their actions. This is according to J2 Software managing director John Mc Loughlin.
He says SystemSkan is an essential policy enforcement solution to manage networks, knowledge workers and to protect intellectual property. "Many IT administrators and business managers lack the tools to identify quickly and accurately user activity on their computer networks. In most organisations, little consideration has been given to providing solid management systems to ensure that their investment in technology delivers maximum benefit."
Many organisations focus solely on securing their networks from external threats with various types of firewall technology. However, they neglect to implement strategies to manage the internal risks in their network. Statistics show that more than 70 percent of information security breaches originate internally.
SystemSkan provides a fully integrated internal security and policy enforcement solution that can be deployed over small and large-scale networks. SystemSkan is used worldwide to identify the internal security risks within an organisation, and provide a policy enforcement tool to minimise these risks.
Mc Loughlin says SystemSkan assists in setting the appropriate policy within ones organisation and provides enforcement to protect company information. "It is a total user management solution, which provides business managers and IT administrators with the ability to view and record every user's actions on the computer network, including Internet and Webmail attachments. With SystemSkan, every user event is audited and can be controlled and the product can monitor and record program usage, file activity, and generate records of all network activity."
Unlike basic monitoring products, which are purely reactive once a breach of network policy has occurred, SystemSkan provides both reactive and proactive security features. Reactively, SystemSkan logs all user activity and provides reports via the Report Wizard. Proactively, SystemSkan automatically screens all activity and can be configured to prevent and alert on inappropriate activities. This proactive functionality prevents a breach of policy before it occurs.
SystemSkan has been developed to suit the needs of IT administrators, while maintaining a simple to use central console, friendly enough for CEO's, and department managers to use. It is an essential policy enforcement tool to manage networks, knowledge workers and to protect intellectual property. Furthermore, it does not replace the requirement for adequate firewall and external security technologies, rather it is complementary technology to provide a complete, internal security and policy enforcement solution.
He says the product provides a complete audit trail of business and personal use of computers within the workplace. "Business managers and IT administrators can view these records at their convenience. Application use, file and directory access, Internet activity and Webmail attachments are all recorded. Reports can be filtered to quickly and easily identify specific activity and printing and exporting is available on all reports."
The Permissions Manager allows IT administrators to predefine a list of suitable applications, storage, network information and websites that can be accessed by particular groups of users. For example, a user group may only be permitted to run common applications such as Microsoft Office and Outlook, and access a limited number of work related folders on the network.
Restrictions on the use of removable media such as floppy or USB drives can greatly help reduce the introduction of viruses and the removal of company data. Similarly, restricting access to Web-based mailing (e.g. Hotmail and Yahoo) ensures that users are utilising the company email system in a manner that promotes professionalism and ensures that confidential information is not removed from site without authorisation.
"As IT infrastructure becomes more complex, organisations require accurate and efficient tools to make informed decisions," he explains. "SystemSkan's Asset Management module provides comprehensive software and hardware audits for the entire network. Whether you need to keep track of software licences, or hardware assets, SystemSkan's Asset Management can provide you with a clear picture of your IT infrastructure."
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J2 Software, a local data security solutions provider and distributor of T3 Security Suite and SystemSkan products, provides easy to manage, easy to implement and easy to use data security solutions. The Company offers solutions for everyone, from single-users up to large corporations.
J2 Software came into existence because of the increasing demand for data protection products that are effective, simple to deploy and easy to use.
J2 Software provides effective and easy to manage data security solutions. We offer you complete peace of mind through the cost effective delivery of world beating data security, encryption and protection tools. We also offer you the ability to effectively implement and monitor your internal corporate IT Policy.
With the continued increase in identity theft and confidential data leakage, the need for our products are not only an advantage, but an absolute necessity.
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