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Enterprise Network Security Standards For The 21st Century

Author : Damian Higgens


         


Enterprise network security is crucial for any large organization in this day and age, whether it is a commercial enterprise, a nonprofit, a government agency, or any other sizeable group. Enterprise network security might focus on ensuring the availability and correct operation of a network without concern for the information stored or processed by that network system. Processes such as 2 factor authentication are used to restrict access to confidential information that governments, military, corporations, financial institutions, hospitals and private businesses hold about their employees, customers, products, research and financial status. Banks and other financial institutions that are involved in payment card processing are also required to live up to the CI Data Security Standard. Securing data is more important than ever in the information age.

In the 21st century, security measures such as 2 factor authentication are required for large organizations that collect, process and store information on electronic computers and transmit that information across networks to other computers. This type of authentication, which is also known as T-FA, is a system that uses two different factors at the same time to authenticate identity in order to grant access to secure information. It is believed that using two factors instead of one factor will deliver a higher level of reliable authentication.

When it comes to the financial sector, the PCI Data Security Standard is another important consideration for network security. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, or PCI DSS, is a global standard for information security that was put together by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council. The purpose of this standard is to help organizations that process card payments to keep credit card fraud from happening by increasing control measures for their data and otherwise preventing it from being exposed to any sort of compromise. Every organization that holds, processes or passes cardholder information from any card branded with the logo of one of the card brands is required to comply with these security standards.

There is no denying the importance of enterprise network security in the information age. It is the duty of any large organization that stores information about their employees, customers, products, research and financial status to protect that data with the latest methods.


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For more resources regarding Enterprise Network Security or even about 2 Factor Authentication and especially about PCI Data Security Standard please review these pages.

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Tags:   Enterprise Network Security, 2 Factor Authentication, PCI Data Security Standard

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