Data and the systems used to process data can only be considered protected if the following are guaranteed:

• confidentiality; ensures data is only accessible to those who are authorized to have access to said data.
• integrity; safeguarding the completeness of the data and data transfer methods.
• availability; ensures that authorized users have access to the data and the data processing systems when necessary.

The lack of an adequate level of data security, in terms of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability, can result in a company losing its competitive advantage, be detrimental to its image, and lose customers with a drop in sales. There’s also the risk of incurring sanctions in the case of breaches of the laws in force.

The IT system is protected by implementing a series of countermeasures, procedures, technical mechanisms or practices that reduce the risks to which the company’s IT assets as a whole are exposed.

To achieve this goal it’s essential to precisely plan your organization’s IT security with a logical security plan that constantly evaluates the risks and considers the following key points:

• Infrastructure Security: the security of the local and geographic network, of the extended Virtual Private Network (VPN) and/or cloud computing perimeter, and the systems on which the applications are implemented.
• Application and Data Security: application security based on authorization and data processing logic.
• Secure Operations: the policies and procedures adopted so the members of an organization manage corporate processes in a secure way.