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RISK ASSESSMENTS


When a plane crashes we all know that the impact is huge, human life will be lost. We cannot control the impact but what we can control is the likelihood that the incident would ever happen. Making sure the pilot has able rest, critical systems are checked and luggage scans are a few things Airlines do to reduce this likelihood. Like an airplane your systems hold valuable assets, information you can’t afford to have compromised or lost.

The question is how likely is it that this could happen?

Remember it only takes one compromised system to create a breach.

That is why we strongly recommend complete risks assessments for all of your systems.


Risk Assessment Overview

Vulnerability scans on your business systems for risks that could cause unexpected downtime, data loss and /or allow an attacker to compromise your network, allowing them full access to your data and system resources. Smart hackers are interested in two things once they compromise your systems: data they can steal to resell, this includes identity data or stored credit card data, and the other is your systems resources. Sklar Technology recommends that our clients have periodic risk assessments run to assure your network is secure at all times. This is a key aspect of our Complete Data Protection Program service offering.

Digital Asset Planning

Whether you have many data systems or just a few, all of us have mission critical data information that we cannot afford to lose. Since most of an IT person’s day is consumed by trouble tickets, reactive support response, and trying to keep up with system patching, threats of viruses, and system performance, it is hard to take time to plan. The Digital Asset Planning Process (DAP) was designed to provide a proactive review of business level issues involving the identification of important data, what types of threats exist, and how well guarded your systems are against down time, hardware failure, malicious activities, and other environmental threats. DAP is a process that allows key stake holders in your organization to work with industry experts in determining what risks are present in your IT environment and how you can take proactive steps to reduce these risks.

Risk Assessment

By combining security scanning tools and system diagnostics with the DAP process; our engineers are able to understand the bigger picture of where your IT may experience downtime or loss of data. In DAP, we look at how your systems were designed to protect and use data, while in the assessment process we uncover vulnerabilities that exist in the technology—patches that have not been applied, weaknesses in security architecture, and potentially unwanted programs that may be giving outsiders access to your company’s secret information. Using the output of these two procedures, Sklar Technology is able to construct a roadmap to bring your environment up to best practices specifications.

Proactively addressing IT concerns

Using the roadmap we develop in step one, 80% of our findings could be addressed through configuration changes, patching, and the removal of unwanted programs. The remaining 20% is often addressed through technology changes and updates that either reduce risk or enhance functionality of your systems. Sklar Technology specializes in helping organizations like yours determine where changes can be made that will protect your IT investment while giving you the security and functionality to grow your business.