Badger Benchmark™ is a thorough, top-down, vulnerability assessment aimed at giving you a security baseline for every part of your organization. Found vulnerabilities are analyzed within the context of your network, physical facilities, and organizational structure to determine the possible impact to your business. Remediation suggestions are ranked based on this impact, and future planning items are presented together with detailed results and technical information which makes the result not only incredibly thorough, but also easy to use.
The Badger Benchmark™ service is divided in to three separate areas of focus, each designed to cover common vulnerabilities and add to a comprehensive assessment of security.
Internal
Having strong security measures on the perimeter of your network is only the first step to having a good security stance. The best methodology is “defense in depth,” which says that any secure system should have good security measures in place throughout the system, not just in selected places. While most attackers are located outside your network, many attacks are actually executed from inside of vulnerable networks, where there are generally fewer defenses. White Badger Group can perform scans of your internal networks to find any weak points and help eliminate them.
External
The perimeter of your network is the first line of defense against a world full of malicious hackers. The devices that make up the perimeter are often difficult to configure and rarely installed correctly. White Badger Group will perform a scan of your network’s front line to verify the proper functionality of the devices. These scans are able to be performed as a single event, or as part of an ongoing verification of your network’s security.
Wireless
One of the newer risks to sensitive networks is the proliferation of cheap and easy-to-use wireless devices. Many times, people will bring in these unauthorized devices and attach them to the network without anyone knowing. And, without proper security settings (which are never there by default and rarely applied), they open the internal network to anyone within several miles. Even laptops with built-in wireless capability can be a threat when attached to your network. White Badger Group’s team will find any rogue devices in your area and alert you to their presence.
If your organization has a supported wireless network (including building-to-building and some ISP links), there are serious risks involved if proper security is not applied. White Badger Group will assess the state of your wireless network and how it is integrated into the remainder of your network to determine what threats need to be dealt with, and how to make improvements. |
