A network secured with basic router technology provides limited security capabilities. To illustrate this, a totally unsecured environment is like leaving all of the windows and doors of your house or business unlocked. An environment secured with "router" technology, commonly supplied by most High-Speed Internet providers, is like locking the front door; a good first step. This will stop people from wandering in, but will not prevent a thief from breaking in through the windows or back door.
Firewall technology provides the basic foundation for building a successful perimeter defense for your Internet operations. A firewall acts as a gate which analyzes all Internet traffic and either allows or denies that traffic based on many different rules and parameters that must be set specifically for your network and business needs. Combined with our GuardDog managed security service you'll have the best defense available. We provide security that goes beyond "locking the front door"; we lock all the doors, lock the windows, pull the curtains, install the alarm system and video cameras, and put the security guards in place to monitor it all and respond to attempted break-ins. If a break in occurs, we establish a crime scene and do the detective work to find out what happened.
In addition, any trail or evidence that a cyber-criminal might leave behind will be stored at our secure data center. This means that the "bad guys" can't cover their tracks. If they leave a trail, we'll find it.
We'll also provide you with all the feedback you need to make decisions about your security policies. We'll help you balance off the risks of security, against your employee's requirements for communications. Through our secured web based "extra-net", you'll have access to reports, change orders, and our security knowledge base.
You may have many technical questions about how this is accomplished, and our sales and security engineers would be happy to answer them. In the mean time, you can rest easy, and know that with GuardDog, you have the best protecting your Internet perimeter.
Guard Dog Managed Firewall key features:
- Free use of Amdex Optimized firewall appliance
- Configuration and Set-up
- 24x7 Monitoring and Management
- Software updates installed by Amdex security experts
- Scheduled Vulnerability Tests of your firewall
- Unlimited Security Incidents
- Unlimited Security Contacts
- Access to GuardDog Internet based reporting and ticketing systems
- Access to GuardDog security knowledge base
- Security Alerts via e-mail and web
