Enhanced Internet security: Protecting your business online
In today's digital landscape, cybersecurity is a paramount concern for businesses of all sizes. Cyber threats are constantly evolving, and traditional Internet services often fall short in providing the necessary protection. Enhanced Internet offers a robust solution, incorporating advanced security features such as encryption, and comprehensive cybersecurity measures. This post will delve into the security aspects of Enhanced Internet and how they protect your business online.
The importance of Internet security for businesses
The increasing reliance on digital operations means that businesses are more vulnerable to cyber attacks than ever. A single security breach can lead to significant financial losses, damage to reputation, and legal consequences. 2024 saw cyber attacks skyrocket. Amazon recorded threats going from 100 million to 750 million threats per day in just six or seven months.
The role of Enhanced Internet in security
Enhanced Internet from Expereo is more than just a connectivity solution—it’s a critical component in strengthening your cybersecurity posture. Enhanced Internet is delivered as a private, dedicated line. Allowing you to ensure your data is more secure than shared broadband because it’s isolated from other users. What’s more, Enhanced Internet can be combined with additional security services to provide the right level of security for your business.
Another element to consider in terms of security, is uptime. Particularly for your applications and cloud services. With businesses relying heavily on cloud applications and digital operations, you need to know you can keep your workforce online, with access to applications, and that those applications perform adequately. Enhanced Internet is an AI-driven, performance-centric solution that ensures your network not only stays fast and efficient and that you always have reliable application performance.
How Enhanced Internet enhances security
Expereo’s Enhanced Internet proactively predicts and identifies network performance to ensure optimal application delivery. By doing so, it also helps mitigate potential security and performance risks by:
- Traffic optimization: Routing your business traffic through the most reliable and secure paths to avoid congested, high-risk routes.
- Enhanced IP Core: Providing a robust, globally distributed infrastructure mapped to major cloud providers' data centers, ensuring resilience against threats.
- Visibility and control: With the expereoOne platform, you get a single-pane-of-glass view giving you the ability to monitor performance and identify potential security vulnerabilities.
Integrating Enhanced Internet with security solutions
To achieve the right levels of security for your business, Enhanced Internet can be combined with a comprehensive security strategy that includes:
- SASE (Secure Access Service Edge): SASE is a cloud-based framework that provides network security services, allowing you to secure your cloud services, people, places, and data. That’s why SASE pairs so well with Enhanced Internet, as both allow you to maximize your cloud infrastructure, performance and investments.
- SD-WAN integration: Combining Enhanced Internet with Expereo’s managed SD-WAN solution enables dynamic path selection and application-aware routing, ensuring that security policies are enforced across the entire network. It also enabled built-in encryption and firewall features protect data traveling across multiple connections.
- Cloud application security: Expereo's IP Core is strategically positioned to optimize performance for cloud-based applications. Providing consistent security and compliance across all regions. Secure VPN and encrypted tunnelling ensure that data remains protected when accessing cloud services.
- Comprehensive monitoring and compliance: The expereoOne platform provides deep insights into network traffic. This helps IT teams identify potential threats and ensure compliance with industry regulations. Historical and real-time performance metrics support proactive security measures and incident response planning.
Implementing Enhanced Internet and a security strategy
To fully benefit from a combined security and Enhanced Internet strategy, businesses should follow best practices during planning, implementation, and management.
- Assess security needs: Conduct a thorough assessment of your business’s security needs, considering factors like the types of data you handle, the regulatory requirements you must comply with from region to region, and the specific threats you face.
- Choose the right partner: Working with a trusted partner, like a Managed Service Provider, means you get experienced guidance on selecting the right combination of solutions your unique business needs. To make the best decision for your business, evaluate their SLAs, customer reviews, and support services.
- Integrate with existing security infrastructure: Ensure that Enhanced Internet and your chosen security measures integrate seamlessly with your existing security infrastructure, including firewalls, VPNs, and endpoint protection solutions.
- Train employees: It’s always important to provide cybersecurity training for employees to ensure they understand how to recognize and respond to potential threats. Human error is a significant factor in many security breaches, so educating staff is crucial. Particularly as cyber threats and risks change rapidly, so ensure training and education programs are regular and – most importantly – regularly updated to reflect current cyber threat trends.
- Monitor and update: Continuously monitor your security infrastructure and stay updated on the latest cyber threats. Work with your provider to ensure your security measures evolve with the changing threat landscape.
Ready to enhance your network strategy?
If your business is still relying on traditional Internet services, now is the time to consider making the switch to Enhanced Internet. You can ensure the best and most resilient cloud application performance.
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