Comments on: 21 Ways to Bullet Proof your IT infrastructure http://www.terinea.co.uk/blog/2008/01/23/21-ways-to-bullet-proof-your-it-infrastructure/ How businesses can make best use of IT Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:51:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Jamie http://www.terinea.co.uk/blog/2008/01/23/21-ways-to-bullet-proof-your-it-infrastructure/#comment-938 Jamie Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:17:30 +0000 http://www.terinea.co.uk/blog/21-ways-to-bullet-proof-your-it-infrastructure/#comment-938 Thanks for your additional comments, Jason. Thanks for your additional comments, Jason.

]]> By: Jason Slater http://www.terinea.co.uk/blog/2008/01/23/21-ways-to-bullet-proof-your-it-infrastructure/#comment-863 Jason Slater Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:08:01 +0000 http://www.terinea.co.uk/blog/21-ways-to-bullet-proof-your-it-infrastructure/#comment-863 How odd! As Victor might say "I dooont believe it!" - I've been working on a similar post for my own Blog but with a bias towards networking infrastructure. I'd hate to let you down - so here goes! 1. Virtualisation - If you have servers with low utilisation then use virtualisation to make the best use of the infrastructure, bring down it's operational costs and provide a more resilient infrastructure. Virtual Server images can easily be backed up and be restored to another server very quickly. 2. Email Store and Forward - If you host your own email server then consider a Store and Forward service so that when your server goes down the emails don't simply get bounced back to the sender. 3. Gateway Protection - When considering putting anti-spam and anti-virus solutions on clients also consider your points of entry such as the Internet connection. Many firewalls these days have these services available at the gateway - allowing you to catch them before they hit the client! 4. Disk Encryption - particularly mobile devices including laptops and PDAs. Imagine the embarassment of leaving a laptop in the back of a taxi or losing it when it contains so much important data. Oh yes, we don't have to imagine - there are plenty of examples in the press! 5. Penetration Testing - You may think you are safe and secure only to find out you may have missed something after the horse has bolted so to speak - so be pro-active and use an established network security company to perform periodic tests on your network to ensure it is secure. I am planning to upload my post later so keep an eye out and you'll see what I mean! Good Work! Jas. http://www.jasonslater.co.uk How odd! As Victor might say “I dooont believe it!” - I’ve been working on a similar post for my own Blog but with a bias towards networking infrastructure.

I’d hate to let you down - so here goes!

1. Virtualisation - If you have servers with low utilisation then use virtualisation to make the best use of the infrastructure, bring down it’s operational costs and provide a more resilient infrastructure. Virtual Server images can easily be backed up and be restored to another server very quickly.

2. Email Store and Forward - If you host your own email server then consider a Store and Forward service so that when your server goes down the emails don’t simply get bounced back to the sender.

3. Gateway Protection - When considering putting anti-spam and anti-virus solutions on clients also consider your points of entry such as the Internet connection. Many firewalls these days have these services available at the gateway - allowing you to catch them before they hit the client!

4. Disk Encryption - particularly mobile devices including laptops and PDAs. Imagine the embarassment of leaving a laptop in the back of a taxi or losing it when it contains so much important data. Oh yes, we don’t have to imagine - there are plenty of examples in the press!

5. Penetration Testing - You may think you are safe and secure only to find out you may have missed something after the horse has bolted so to speak - so be pro-active and use an established network security company to perform periodic tests on your network to ensure it is secure.

I am planning to upload my post later so keep an eye out and you’ll see what I mean!

Good Work!
Jas.
http://www.jasonslater.co.uk

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