Modern working practices require ease of access to company information regardless of where staff may be. This creates security challenges internally, at the points of contact with the world beyond your company systems and on the individual machines being used by staff. Auditing your security using independent experts is an excellent way to discover any holes you've overlooked - or to gain reassurance that you're getting it right. The cost of getting it wrong makes a compelling case for investing sooner rather than later.

We are able to offer a number of firewall solutions which allow you either to integrate with existing investments or produce new solutions. Excitation can provide a fully flexible solution to permit your organisation to grow in the future to include PKI authentication methods or token generation.

Depending on the size and requirements of your organisation we can implement the ideal solution: from a 10 user PIX 501 to a PIX 535 multi-homed solution, we are also able to provide additional capabilities such as Web Sense site monitoring and blocking.

Excitation offers a number of vendor solutions for connectivity including Cisco, Sonic Wall, Microsoft and Checkpoint. We are able to offer solutions from a telecommuter through to corporate POP using solutions such as Cisco PIX 501 or Cisco VPN 3000 concentrators.

We are able to provide a complete solution for vulnerability scanning. Not simply running freeware or shareware tools but actually getting to grips with the hardening of operating system against vulnerability. Our consultants are able to perform in-depth testing against your existing infrastructure to determine weaknesses, to compile them into a report and harden the O/S against future risks.

After scanning your networks and determining which machines are vulnerable, we are able to remove the ability to exploit services by reconfiguration, using file checking mechanisms (such as Tripwire), and implementing further solutions to determine when attacks are taking place and blocking them. Recovery After An Attack Should the worst happen and a server be rendered unusable after an attack we are able to recover the system to a working state without the use of expensive technologies.

From protocol filtering and analysis to on the wire troubleshooting we are able to assist you with any issues you may face.

The use of IDS is becoming more widespread. Many organisations now see this as a must-have solution. With a vast array of tools available, we are able to assist you in choosing a product be it freeware or a full-blown licensed product.