| Nowadays Information Technology and Computer | | | | functioning of their business. It can be sensitive financial |
| Applications are crying needs of every business | | | | details, employee details, sales and purchase details, or |
| regardless of their domain of working. However, with | | | | any other type of data that can affect the business. |
| increasing use of Computers and Internet in | | | | Security of Network – This is an essential |
| professional work, it is mandatory for all organizations | | | | requirement of all small, medium and large |
| (whether small, medium or big) to take care of their | | | | organizations. We have witnessed several cases of |
| digital security needs. | | | | network intrusion or unauthorized use of any |
| Why IT Security for Organizations | | | | organization's network for destructive causes. |
| Nowadays, the chances of information theft have | | | | Email Security – Emails are main sources of |
| increased a lot due to increasing use of Internet for | | | | information sharing and corporate communication. Most |
| Data and Information transfer and sharing. Viruses | | | | of the secret information and orders are issued |
| (Trojans, worms, malware and adware) are one of | | | | through emails. So, its very important to protect email |
| the major threats of all time. Virus attracts on a | | | | communication from external threats. |
| company's network can have destructive effects. | | | | IT Surveillance – After several cases of internal IT |
| Some major issues caused by viruses may be | | | | crime (within organization), the need of internal |
| system crash, data corruption, reduced speed of | | | | surveillance is required. It includes implementation of |
| network and information stealing. For proper functioning | | | | access control systems, traditional CCTV surveillance, |
| of businesses, companies need foolproof IT security | | | | or modern IP based surveillance systems that are |
| plan. | | | | very helpful in finding out the root of internal IT crimes. |
| Types of IT Security Needs for Organizations | | | | Although, every operating system provides basic level |
| An organization can have following IT security needs | | | | of security implementation through their in-built security |
| according to their dependency on computers and | | | | features (like firewalls and automatic threats detection), |
| internet in business. | | | | but it is not sufficient when you think of business level. |
| Security of Data – Usually every organization has | | | | For that, one needs additional tools to ensure proper IT |
| large amount of data that is important for the proper | | | | security. |