The risk of security breach may arise as more companies add intranet servers to their corporate network. Most of the time, the breaches are caused by company employees and thus external security measure s are of no effect. Thus, it is important for a business to implement intranet servers together with appropriate security policies and procedures to prevent any security breaches and enjoy the highest degree of corporate network use. Below is a number of ways to prevent your intranet servers from security breaches.
- Keep intranet serves in a locked room to avoid any mishaps. This may seem to be a simple resolution, but many have missed doing so.
- Adopt faultfinding updates and security patches. Updates for security holes are launched every now and then from the server software provider once they are discovered. So, it is recommended to make use of it as soon as possible.
- Set up a strong password policy; Define minimum length, variety of characters, and password change intervals. Generally, a password should have at least 8 characters including numbers, letter in uppercase and letters in lowercase. Also, it is recommended to change the passwrod every 90 days.
- If there is any unnecessary services, make sure to turn it off. For example, turn off FTP or SMTP if the server will be used to serve HTTP page to prevent any security exposures. By limiting the active services used on the intranet server, the potential of any security breaches are reduced due to your control over intended performance.
- Do random security audits such as intrusion attempts, suspicious-looking users, profile and password identifications, or the process list, just to see if any unnecessary services have been used.
- Most importantly, govern your intranet servers with a security policies. Having a security policy will not only help prevent any possible security breaches, but will also create a security standard for the use of intranet servers in the company.