Phuture Networks offers penetration testing. Do you worry about hackers? Do you feel that your network and applications are secure? Hacker tools are so easy to use now. With a click of the mouse your system could be compromised. Phuture Networks uses the same tools hackers use. This enables us to perform a scan from a attackers point of view.
A penetration test, occasionally pentest, is a method of evaluating the security of a computer system or network by simulating an attack from a malicious source, known as a Black Hat Hacker, or Cracker. The process involves an active analysis of the system for any potential vulnerabilities that could result from poor or improper system configuration, both known and unknown hardware or software flaws, or operational weaknesses in process or technical countermeasures. This analysis is carried out from the position of a potential attacker and can involve active exploitation of security vulnerabilities. Any security issues that are found will be presented to the system owner, together with an assessment of their impact, and often with a proposal for mitigation or a technical solution. The intent of a penetration test is to determine the feasibility of an attack and the amount of business impact of a successful exploit, if discovered. It is a component of a full security audit. For example, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), and security and auditing standard, requires both annual and ongoing penetration testing (after system changes).
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Phuture Nerworks Risk Assesments
Phuture Networks can provide your company with IT risk assesments. We can perform penetration testing and remediation. Our goal is mitigate your risks.
Risk assessment is a step in a risk management procedure. Risk assessment is the determination of quantitative or qualitative value of risk related to a concrete situation and a recognized threat (also called hazard). Quantitative risk assessment requires calculations of two components of risk: R, the magnitude of the potential loss L, and the probability p, that the loss will occur.
Methods may differ whether it is about general financial decisions or environmental or public health risk assessment.
Risk assessment is a step in a risk management procedure. Risk assessment is the determination of quantitative or qualitative value of risk related to a concrete situation and a recognized threat (also called hazard). Quantitative risk assessment requires calculations of two components of risk: R, the magnitude of the potential loss L, and the probability p, that the loss will occur.
Methods may differ whether it is about general financial decisions or environmental or public health risk assessment.
Phuture Networks Security Management
Phuture Networks offers managed security managent.
In network management it is the set of functions that protects telecommunications networks and systems from unauthorized access by persons, acts, or influences and that includes many subfunctions, such as creating, deleting, and controlling security services and mechanisms; distributing security-relevant information; reporting security-relevant events; controlling the distribution of cryptographic keying material; and authorizing subscriber access, rights, and privileges.
In network management it is the set of functions that protects telecommunications networks and systems from unauthorized access by persons, acts, or influences and that includes many subfunctions, such as creating, deleting, and controlling security services and mechanisms; distributing security-relevant information; reporting security-relevant events; controlling the distribution of cryptographic keying material; and authorizing subscriber access, rights, and privileges.
Benefits of a SAN for your business.
Sharing storage usually simplifies storage administration and adds flexibility since cables and storage devices do not have to be physically moved to shift storage from one server to another.
Other benefits include the ability to allow servers to boot from the SAN itself. This allows for a quick and easy replacement of faulty servers since the SAN can be reconfigured so that a replacement server can use the LUN of the faulty server. This process can take as little as half an hour and is a relatively new idea being pioneered in newer data centers. There are a number of emerging products designed to facilitate and speed this up still further. While this area of technology is still new many view it as being the future of the enterprise datacenter [2].
SANs also tend to enable more effective disaster recovery processes. A SAN could span a distant location containing a secondary storage array. This enables storage replication either implemented by disk array controllers, by server software, or by specialized SAN devices. Since IP WANs are often the least costly method of long-distance transport, the Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) and iSCSI protocols have been developed to allow SAN extension over IP networks. The traditional physical SCSI layer could only support a few meters of distance - not nearly enough to ensure business continuance in a disaster.
The economic consolidation of disk arrays has accelerated the advancement of several features including I/O caching, snapshotting, and volume cloning (Business Continuance Volumes or BCVs).
Other benefits include the ability to allow servers to boot from the SAN itself. This allows for a quick and easy replacement of faulty servers since the SAN can be reconfigured so that a replacement server can use the LUN of the faulty server. This process can take as little as half an hour and is a relatively new idea being pioneered in newer data centers. There are a number of emerging products designed to facilitate and speed this up still further. While this area of technology is still new many view it as being the future of the enterprise datacenter [2].
SANs also tend to enable more effective disaster recovery processes. A SAN could span a distant location containing a secondary storage array. This enables storage replication either implemented by disk array controllers, by server software, or by specialized SAN devices. Since IP WANs are often the least costly method of long-distance transport, the Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) and iSCSI protocols have been developed to allow SAN extension over IP networks. The traditional physical SCSI layer could only support a few meters of distance - not nearly enough to ensure business continuance in a disaster.
The economic consolidation of disk arrays has accelerated the advancement of several features including I/O caching, snapshotting, and volume cloning (Business Continuance Volumes or BCVs).
Phuture Networks offers managed SAN's.
Phuture Networks is here to help you with your data. We offer a managed SAN solution.
A storage area network (SAN) is a dedicated storage network which provides access to consolidated, block level storage. SANs primarily are used to make storage devices (such as disk arrays, tape libraries, and optical jukeboxes) accessible to servers so that the devices appear as locally attached to the operating system. A SAN typically has its own network of storage devices that are generally not accessible through the regular network by regular devices. The cost and complexity of SANs dropped in the early 2000s, allowing wider adoption across both enterprise and small to medium sized business environments.
A storage area network (SAN) is a dedicated storage network which provides access to consolidated, block level storage. SANs primarily are used to make storage devices (such as disk arrays, tape libraries, and optical jukeboxes) accessible to servers so that the devices appear as locally attached to the operating system. A SAN typically has its own network of storage devices that are generally not accessible through the regular network by regular devices. The cost and complexity of SANs dropped in the early 2000s, allowing wider adoption across both enterprise and small to medium sized business environments.
Data Center
Large companies might use datacenter for hosts and virtual machines as a primary container. Multiple datacenters can be used to represent organizational/business units.
Phuture Networks offers VMWare ESX
VMware ESX is an enterprise-level virtualization product offered by VMware, Inc. ESX is a component of VMware's larger offering, VMware Infrastructure, which adds management and reliability services to the core server product. ESX is being replaced by ESXi.
Call today for your virtualization needs.
Call today for your virtualization needs.
Phuture Networks Virtualisation
Phuture Networks offers managed virtualization services. Does your company have multiple servers?
Are you looking to save money and time? Do you want virtual desktops deployed to your employees?
Call today for any questions on our managed virtualization services.
Phuture Networks provides managed services for Orange County clients.
Are you looking to save money and time? Do you want virtual desktops deployed to your employees?
Call today for any questions on our managed virtualization services.
Phuture Networks provides managed services for Orange County clients.
Vendors concerned about cloud security issues.
It's about time that companies are considering using encryption. I want my data to be secure online.
Phuture Networks Checkpoint Security Device for Sale
Phuture Networks is offering this UTM device for a low price. Call today for a quote.
Check Point UTM-1 security appliances are all-inclusive, turn-key unified threat management solutions that include everything you need to secure your network. Each appliance includes integrated centralized management, along with complete security updates, hardware and customer support.
Phuture Networks Security Services
Phutre Networks offers the following services:
Firewalls
Unified Threat Management
Application Control
Email Encryption
Web Security
Data Loss Prevention.
Phuture Networks PGP Sales Certified
Give Phuture Networks a call today for all of your data protection needs.
Phtuure Networks Application Control
Are your employees surfing the web during work hours? Is your employee productivity going down due to Facebook, YouTube, BitTorent and other websites? Phuture Networks can provide you with a hardware solution to fix this issue.
Phuture Networks can provide you with reporting so you can see how much time clients are using these applications. You can even set time restrictions. Call us today to discuss your IT security needs.
WatchGuard XTM firewalls appliance delivers performance-driven security to small business and remote sites that need strong protection without the hefty price tag. Enterprise-grade security includes full HTTPS content inspection and VoIP support. Wireless models feature dual-band 802.11n for WiFi with enhanced speed and responsiveness. Flexible, centralized management tools allow administrators to work from an intuitive console, scriptable CLI, and web UI. Includes real-time monitoring and reporting at no extra cost. Ideal as a stand-alone security solution or VPN endpoint on a WatchGuard XTM or Firebox X network. For up to 50 users.
Managed Wireless Security Orange County
Phuture Networks offers onsite and remote wireless monitoring. We can perfrom security test to check for rogue access points. We can develop a strong password policy for your routers. Phuture Networks is based in Orange County, CA. We provide managed services to Garden Grove, Newport Beach, Irvine, Fullerton and Santa Ana.
Phuture Networks can also provide Bluetooth security. People do not realize that Bluetooth is open to attacks. We will configure the strongest encryption for your wireless networks.
Wireless networks using 802.11 have made it simple to connect multiple devices to your home network.This can also make your data availiable anywhere, even outside your home.To set this up all you need is a broadband connection connected to a wireless router or a WAP Wireless Access Point. Your home computers should have wireless access cards installed or if your using a laptop a PCMCIA wireless card. Intel Centrino is great for wireless, I personally use it. I like the fact that I did not have to purchase additional hardware.
When you set up your wireless router or WAP your signal is broadcast. This broadcast usually goes further than your home or business. People like to drive around finding unsecured wireless access points. This is known as Wardriving, some hackers even mark spots on the sidewalk to let other hackers know your home or business is offering free Internet service, or worse yet access to your data.This is not to scare you but make you aware.
Diasble broadcasting so people cannot you your wireless network.
Your routers come with pre-configured system ID's its called a SSID or Service Set Identifier, its very simple to locate this information on the Internet for default SSID's I recommend changing this to something hard to guess.
Use alphanumeric's to make it even harder to guess.
Use encryption to protect your network. WEP or Wireless Encryption Protocol is not secure, I have cracked my own network with a Linux machine running Kismet. WEP's keylength is only 40 bits, once you collect enough data from packets its only a matter of time for a determined cracker.Instead use WPA which is WI-Fi protected access. This is more secure.
Configure your router to block incoming outgoing traffic you do not use. Consider blocking Port 23 Telnet and Even FTP.
Router manafacturers have default passwords which I find many home users do not change. CHANGE THEM!
Orange County Managed FIrewall Services
Call Phuture Netowrks today for security solutions. We are based in Orange County, CA.
We offer managed security services for your organization. We provide intrusion detection systems, anti-malware software. We can do penetration testing on your network to mitigate risks.
What is a firewall?
Simply put it acts as a barrier between your computer and the internet. To protect you from crackers, hackers and malware.
If your running DSL or a cable modem you should employ a firewall, as having a direct connection to the Internet can make you a target to attack.
Firewalls can be hardware or software based. With firewalls you set up ACL's or Access Control lists to allow or deny traffic.
There are three different ways a firewall can block traffic.
1. Packet Filtering- Packets are analyzed against filters in the firewall rulesets. Firewalls will drop packets that are not allowed in the firewall rulesets.
2. Proxy Service- Information from the Internet is grabbed by the firewall and delivered to the requesting service thru the proxy.
3. Statefull packet inspection- looks up criteria against a database of trusted information. To see if the packet contains anything that would allow
or deny it into the network.
Firewalls are customizable allowing you to create your own rulesets you can block IP addresses, specific protocols such as Telnet, FTP, ICMP, UDP, SMTP and
many others.
Firewalls can be customized to block specific ports, or even keywords.
We can customize a security solution perfect for your IT infrastructure.
We offer managed security services for your organization. We provide intrusion detection systems, anti-malware software. We can do penetration testing on your network to mitigate risks.
What is a firewall?
Simply put it acts as a barrier between your computer and the internet. To protect you from crackers, hackers and malware.
If your running DSL or a cable modem you should employ a firewall, as having a direct connection to the Internet can make you a target to attack.
Firewalls can be hardware or software based. With firewalls you set up ACL's or Access Control lists to allow or deny traffic.
There are three different ways a firewall can block traffic.
1. Packet Filtering- Packets are analyzed against filters in the firewall rulesets. Firewalls will drop packets that are not allowed in the firewall rulesets.
2. Proxy Service- Information from the Internet is grabbed by the firewall and delivered to the requesting service thru the proxy.
3. Statefull packet inspection- looks up criteria against a database of trusted information. To see if the packet contains anything that would allow
or deny it into the network.
Firewalls are customizable allowing you to create your own rulesets you can block IP addresses, specific protocols such as Telnet, FTP, ICMP, UDP, SMTP and
many others.
Firewalls can be customized to block specific ports, or even keywords.
We can customize a security solution perfect for your IT infrastructure.
IT Managed Security Defense in Depth
Phuture Networks Orange County Managed Services.
Today in business protecting your information is essential. IT managers should be practicing defense in dept to secure their systems.
What is defense in depth? It is using multiple layers of security systems to protect or stop a attack. There are criminals, hackers, organized crime groups, employees and foreign countries trying to access or destroy data. There are many reasons why people do this. It could be used for identity theft, they can threaten to bring down a companies website. They might want to take over your servers to launch denial of service attacks. Foreign countries, terrorists and competition might want trade secrets, or information on military information.
There are many tools attackers have ready to use. How do they get to this information? There are many vulnerabilities they can implement. Here are a few: Rootkits, Remote exploits, buffer overflows, sniffing, session hijacking, social engineering, viruses, trojans, and key stroke loggers.
There are many tools that companies and individuals can use to help mitigate these risks. Intrusion detection and prevention systems can help stop and inform you that there is a possible attack happening. Firewalls and anti virus gateways can help to try to stop attacks and protect against viruses. The firewall must be checked for correct rule sets.Services not in use should have their ports blocked or turned off entirely. Denial of service defense software can be installed to help drop packets before they crash your systems. Your firewall can be configured to do the same.
Hosts in your network should be protected with anti-virus software, spyware removal tools, and personal firewalls.
If your data is really valuable consider hiring an outside firm to do penetration testing and application security testing.
Software updates should be installed frequently on a test server first and then put on your production servers.
Users on the network should be authenticated with a user name and password. The password should be difficult to guess and be alph numeric contain both upper case and lowercase. Passwords should be changed on a regular basis. To protect information on your computers encryption should be utilized with encryption protocols such as DES, 3DES or AES. If you use remote access do not use Telnet Make sure that you are using SSH, or SSL with IPsec.
Users should be educated about possible security risks and trained on the companies security policy. System administrators should be backing up daily and checking their logs for suspicious activity.
Call Phuture Networks today for all your IT Security needs.
Phuture Networks Orange County Backup Solutions
Phuture Networks is offering remote backup solutions. There is so much data that we work with on a daily basis. Phuture Networks realizes that this items are important. On a daily basis we work with business documents, pictures, music and even video.
We offer remote backup solutions for a low fee to save your work. We provide a simple interface where you just have to click the mouse to backup what you want. Its fast and easy.
Security? Your data goves over the Internet using SSL. Whats SSL? Its the same protection your bank uses when doing online banking. The data centers are offsite and our physically protected against attacks and natural disasters.
Give us a call today for your backup needs.
Orange County Managed Services.
Phuture Networks based in Orange County is proud to offer managed services to clients throughout Orange County.
Phuture Networks can monitor, analyze, report and fix problems on your networks, servers and networking equipment. Think of us as your virtual IT department and help desk.
We are certified by VMWare and PGP. We offer top notch security and virtualization solutions for your business. Do you worry about hackers? How about viruses? DO you have employees that waste time on Facebook during work hours? We can fix that.
We offer unlimited remote support for a flat monthly fee. Give us a call today!
Orange County Managed Services.
Phuture Networks can monitor, analyze, report and fix problems on your networks, servers and networking equipment. Think of us as your virtual IT department and help desk.
We are certified by VMWare and PGP. We offer top notch security and virtualization solutions for your business. Do you worry about hackers? How about viruses? DO you have employees that waste time on Facebook during work hours? We can fix that.
We offer unlimited remote support for a flat monthly fee. Give us a call today!
Orange County Managed Services.
Phuture Networks offers Real Time Server Monitoring
Phuture Networks can manage, monitor and do reporting on your IT infrastructure. We work while you sleep.
Is managed services right for you? Give us a call today and get a free consultation.
Phuture Networks Virtualization Services
Phuture Networks can help you reduce your IT costs. We can turn all of your servers into one HP Blade solution. We work closely with VMWare. We are VM Ware Sales certified.
We offer VMWare view to deliver your desktops securely over your network. THis is the best solution for virtual desktops.
Phuture Networks Managed Services
Phuture Networks offers first class IT managed services. Our technicians are certified and friendly. We listen to your needs. We will perform a network analysis to determine your needs. Call or email us today!