Re: Small business IT security

[Christian Simatos <christiansimatos () freesurf fr>]

Encryption could isolate data, under the condition that only users have the
key/password, not the admins at the contractor's shop.

As a minimum, a well written confidentiality agreement in the maintenance
contract should be available as well.

-- 
Sincerement,
 Christian

Saturday, November 11, 2006, 11:30:04 PM, you wrote:

jgc> Hi

jgc> I dont know if this is the correct place to post this. I am doing some
jgc> work for a small company with around 80 pc's. They dont have any inhouse
jgc> IT staff and use an out side little computer dealer for all their work.
jgc> These guyse look after everything from the pc's to the servers to the
jgc> network. They obviously have all the admin passwords etc and if somehting
jgc> needs to be repaired they take it to their workshop where one of the
jgc> technicians will repair it. This It shop also does work for one of the
jgc> competitors as well as a few customers.

jgc> I know all the security risks but short of hiring someone in house what
jgc> else could be done to ensure they Information Security.

jgc> Thanks
jgc> Jonathan

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