Security

Information used by businesses can be in any form – computer records, paper, scale models, prototypes, samples, etc.

Managing all of this information effectively is essential for the profitable running of any business.

Network Security is the practice of ensuring information is only read, heard, changed, broadcast and otherwise used by those who have the right to do so.

It requires a range of skills and knowledge, and increases in importance as our use of and reliance upon information grows.

The staff at Emergence have worked in the field of network security for many years. We have worked on security related ventures in the banking, airline and retail sectors as well as many varied small businesses.

We take a holistic approach to security that encompasses all human aspects as well as technological (e.g. there's no point in having a complex password process if a simple phone call to a user will elicit the password to the caller).

We work with you to form company security policies that we can together produce a set of processes that implement the policies. As network security is a very dynamic system we help you define and parameters to monitor and processes to change your security in response to emergent events (e.g. hacking, industrial espionage, employee abuse).

further reading

If you wish to read more about Network Security (and more) in a jargon-free and very readable form then there's no better place to start than with Bruce Schneier's book "Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World".

If you really want to get your hands dirty with up-to-date information and the machinations of the Network Security industry then take a look at SecurityFocus!