Dell solutions for medium-sized enterprises

Feature Sep 22, 2011

Medium-sized businesses face the same attacks as smaller businesses, but also more specific threats.

While large corporations face constant assaults, and so have the security in place to survive, medium-sized enterprises can find attacks hitting suddenly, either because of news exposure or because they’ve become the focus for a targeted attack.

There is much an in-house team can do.

Securing networks, servers and software with the latest patches will undoubtedly help. Admins also need to be aware of the technologies they’re working with; not just the name on the box, but what’s under the bonnet. In August more than 8 million Web pages faced infection thanks to vulnerabilities in the osCommerce online merchant platform, yet many businesses weren’t aware that their e-commerce solution ran on it. 

Appliances, such as Dell’s own KACE Management Appliances, can help IT administrators identify and fix vulnerabilities, and enforce security policies across the company. Dell KACE also offers a highly secure, virtual instance of the Mozilla Firefox browser that can be deployed throughout your company.

Yet the best solution could be outsourcing security.

Dell SecureWorks works with 2,500 customers in seventy countries, processing 15 million security events a day, giving it a unique view of the global threat landscape. Through close analysis monitoring and reporting - and by linking vulnerabilities to emerging threats - it can keep your business secure from attack. The bad guys don’t clock off at 6pm, but neither does Dell SecureWorks, providing 24/7 oversight. 

To find out more, call 0844 444 3001.