Information Technology Security Assessment
Information Technology Security Assessment (IT Security Assessment) is an explicit study to locate IT security vulnerabilities and risks.[1]
There are many reasons that a company would wish to run a security assessment and the kind of assessment that is ultimately chosen is purely dependent on the specific needs of the company ordering the service.
- For one thing, companies may wish to learn more about who can access their systems and at what permission level they have when they do. This type of assessment is common among companies which run membership sites that deal with payment issues and services, and where having the wrong people accessing the wrong areas of the system could potentially cause a lot of harm. Another type of assessment is insurance-based. It is not uncommon for a company that depends on their IT systems to wonder what would happen if some part of their system was to fail. A security company can run the appropriate tests and offer the correct guidance to safeguard against any possible loss in information or time.
- There are also many network-related issues that must be taken into consideration. From web content filtering to firewall and intrusion detection to remote access controls, there are a multitude of settings and