If you're in IT, you understand all too well the challenge of competing priorities. Security is important-but so are all of your other jobs. That's why McAfee offers a practical approach to managing security and lays out an approach for managing security in just 15 minutes a day. Read more.
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Making Security Manageable for the
Midsize OrganizationIT managers and directors in midsize organizations (of 50 to 1,000 employees) understand all too well the challenge of competing priorities. You know security is important-but so are all of your other jobs, whether you're installing or updating Key Points software, configuring laptops, responding to support requests, or setting up remote With McAfee, midsize organizations access for the CEO. The good news? It is possible to meet your security requirements can tackle the five key security threats: with minimal time and effort-in 15 minutes a day.Data. Implement an all-encompassing data loss prevention solution Why It's Important for Businesses Like Yours to Remain VigilantEndpoints Despite knowing the importance of security and the risk that the threat landscape represents, our . Deploy anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti- midsize customers tell us that they can't afford to spend more than two hours a week addressing spam, web security, desktop firewall, security requirements. We have an expression for it: the "mid-market security paradox." On the one intrusion prevention, and NAC hand, you have limited, if not scarce, time and resources for managing security. On the other hand, you Email face the same challenges as the large enterprises. . Prevent malicious threats from damaging your email servers or In fact, in some respects your challenges are even greater. Half of all small to midsize businesses believe infecting your systems that they are not well-known enough or valuable enough to be victims of cybercrime, according to a Web recent research report by McAfee; but in fact cybercriminals often target this exact segment. They count . Block web-borne threats, including on the fact that smaller businesses have fewer resources to devote to security.spyware, inappropriate web content, malicious scripts, and redirections The current economy only adds to the pressure. At a time when you're tightening budgets and Networks stretching resources, cybercriminals are stepping up their attacks. The economic crisis has even spawned . Implement a fully integrated an online system for buying and selling customer data, patents, and other proprietary information, solution, including intrusion enabling employees to more easily profit from theft. Organized crime now takes the lead, developing prevention, firewalls, VPNs, web and mail filtering, and a global ever more sophisticated tools to attack businesses through email, via websites, or directly against reputation system company networks and endpoints and profit at your expense.
A Practical Approach to Proactive SecurityThe bottom line is you can ill afford to do nothing. Fortunately, McAfee enables you to proactively manage your security with minimal effort. We've developed a strategy that enables you to secure the five key vulnerabilities facing businesses: data, endpoint, email, web, and networks. And we make that goal attainable with a strategy and set of industry-leading products designed for midsize businesses like yours. What McAfee offers, unlike any other security vendor, is a practical approach:. An action plan with concrete steps that can be accomplished in 15 minutes a day. A centralized way of managing security across the five threat vectors. Choices that fit your business and evolve as your business grows, including cloud-based products and products for deploying on premises . A global research team working to find threats before they find you
An Action Plan That's Actually Doable Because we understand the challenges facing IT staff in midsize businesses, we developed a practical methodology we call 15 Minutes to a Secure Business. This unique approach to security management gives IT professionals a roadmap for ensuring a safe and secure IT environment, despite limited time. It breaks down key responsibilities into manageable tasks totaling just 15 minutes per day. Solutions Brief Making Security Manageable for the Midsize Organization
By outlining daily, weekly, and monthly actions, including checks and balances, our action plan helps IT prioritize activities and stay on top of security management. The plan makes it easier to execute critical steps in a small amount of time and helps you improve your overall security posture. Whether you're a current McAfee customer or not, this free methodology is available to you.
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