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"The Greeley Country Club prides itself in first class service to our members. Our technology partner, Connecting Point, enables us to achieve that goal. The products and services that they have recommended and implemented for us allow us to speed information flow to our valuable members. We also appreciate the fact that their engineers are readily available to solve any issues we might have."

Michael Auerbach, General Manager Greeley Country Club

Managed Firewall Service for Colorado and Denver Companies

Firewall Security

The Business Firewall

A firewall gives you defense and control of your network’s internet connection and activity, and will protect mission-critical data from hackers and malicious viruses while allowing legitimate internet traffic to flow freely.

Connecting Point offers a managed firewall service called Total Network Security(TNS). We provide a properly sized and configured firewall appliance that: 

  • Allows you to customize the traffic you want to permit or deny;
  • Updates the software from our Data Center-- including Intrusion Detection, Gateway Antivirus, Anti-Spyware--that keep you ahead of the continuously evolving threats from hackers;
  • Provides detailed reports on attempts to breach your network, and on what websites users are visiting.

 

Controlling Internet Use

For all its benefits, the internet can be an unwieldy force for employee management. The term cyberslacking describes off-task web surfing done while on the clock. A study of on-line shopping done by AOL found that 43% of people take time from their workday to shop.


A managed firewall with sophisticated reporting and content filtering gives you a tool to curb abuse and gain an element of control over your internet connection.


Connecting Point’s Total Network Security uses dedicated stateful firewalls with Global Management System software, which provides detailed reports on:

  • Bandwidth usage by customer
  • Web Activity
  • Top visited sites
  • Top web users and websites by user
  • Top visited websites by category
  • Web filter activity
  • Attempted and top attacks

For many organizations, just a few hours a week in productivity gains by stopping internal internet abuse can pay for this service.

 

Virtual Private Networks (VPN)

Firewalls provide VPN connections, allowing a business to create wide area networks to provide secure connections to branch offices and mobile users.


Encrypting data that travels between the local area network and remote users is a widely used, secure process that is far more economical than using private, leased lines or making long distance data calls via a modem.


A popular protocol is SSL VPN.


Lock Your Network Door

Do you have a dedicated firewall? If you can’t answer that question, it’s time for an analysis. Many businesses mistake a Network Address Translator (NAT) for a firewall, but a NAT is not really a security device. This is like having a door to your building with no lock—a hacker who pings your network can walk right in.


A properly configured and maintained firewall is imperative for all business networks. Our free analysis and proposal will provide you with the specifics on technology and ROI for your organization.
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