Steering a Course Toward Secure Networks

Information Security Technology
STRONG Authentication

Securing the network against intrusion is more than complying with the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s mandate for strong authentication—although it’s certainly that. It also makes good business sense. Financial institutions that implement information security technology and procedures have a much greater chance of allaying customer fears about identity theft than those that don’t.

Among the first steps that should be taken is installation of an active monitoring device that actively probes the network to see what devices are on the network and what services are being run. Whenever a new device is plugged into the network or something else changes, the network monitoring system alerts the IT department to investigate.

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