With security threats to any computer based enterprise seemingly endless and ever more sophisticated, Gardner has established closer ties with the Symantec Corporation. From Q1 2010 onwards, it is our intention to offer clients regular briefings direct from Symantec but offered at Merseyside locations. Many will be familiar with the Symantec product groups of:-
All of these will be covered at events throughout 2009 with the additional ability to see new releases of security products designed to counter emerging security threats. For more information, go to the Symantec site at http://norton-symantec.co.uk or contact our sales staff on 0151 220 5552 or email us at info@gardsys.co.uk.
During the summer, Gardner Systems partnered with the world leading IP camera manufacturer Axis to provide IP based security cameras to businesses in the north-west. Based on open IP standards, Axis network cameras connect to any kind of IP network, including the Internet, and enable remote viewing and recording from anywhere in the world. They also provide advanced video analytics features, such as motion detection, audio detection and tampering alarm.
With our extensive LAN and WAN experience, it has been a straightforward step for us to add IP cameras to our portfolio of products and services. This has seen major results in one of our client IP camera sites being able to offer key assistance to Merseyside Police in combating a very serious crime. In due course we hope to offer more specific details to our clients for them to appreciate just how much more effective is this new technology compared to traditional CCTV systems. It is undoubtedly cheaper, more versatile and easier to deploy than traditional camera systems.
Axis offers the market’s broadest and most consistent range of high-quality network camerasincluding those suitable for indoor low light use, outdoor all weather models, Pan Tilt Zoom cameras and the latest PTZ High Definition cameras suitable for shopping centre security. We at Gardners have recently progressed through a proof-of-concept where the live images are streamed instantly to our Gardner Systems Cloud Storage to further protect the data being captured.
For more information, contact our technical sales team on 0151 220 5552 or email us at info@gardsys.co.uk.
A few days ago I was invited to join in a web conference with popular firewall manufacturer Watchguard. As a fan of Watchguard products I accepted and got involved in the conference designed to raise the awareness of network security.
The main topic was around making accessing a network from a remote location more secure by employing CRYPTOMAS solutions which provide two-way authentication. Usually connecting to a network using a VPN, RDC or IPSEC tunnel one-way authentication is used. The user authenticates using a password which is rarely changed and often easily bypassed. Obviously the downside of this is that once that password is cracked that particular person can access every corner of your network (and business) - not good.
CRYPTOMAS addresses this issue with two-way authentication. In order to gain access, a user must type in a password which isconstantly changing. The user is provided with a PIN code (which doesnt change) and is updated with a “One Time Password" (OTP)” to their mobile phone/pager/key fob…combining the two numbers results in a password which can only be used once.
In the diagram below the user is attempting to log into the Watchguard Firebox, upon the firewall receiving this request it will direct them off to the CRYPTOMAS server to authenticate with that. Only once the user has authenticated using the one time password can they gain access to the network.
If you have users who regularly log into the business network remotely or if you are concerned about the security of your business then CRYPTOMAS can certainly help to secure further.
Once more, this product is free to trial for 60 days for anyone who has an existing Watchguard firewall. Gardners have an account and can arrange all of this for you, just contact me at.
