If you operate in the healthcare industry, as one example, the security of your IT infrastructure is mandated by federal regulation, as it is for other industries as well. To assure you that I&T Technology Group maintains the highest skills and standards for network security, we are a proud holder of the CompTIA Security Trustmark.  We know that our clients have varied security needs.  In today’s connected world, the threats to your IT infrastructure and not always clear.  We will help you understand these risks and develop a sensible plan to protect yourself from them.  Whether you are protecting private information governed by state or federal law or just want to protect your competitive advantages, I&T is your IT security partner.

Read on to learn more about why this is important for your business and your IT partner.

Internet & Telephone is the first IT company in the world to attain the CompTIA Security Trustmark, earning it in August of 2008.

The CompTIA Security Trustmark is a vendor-neutral business level accreditation on security business capabilities and processes.  These key areas have been agreed upon by key vendor partners, resellers, and end users in the IT industry to promote generally accepted security practices.

The following are the 12 areas within an organization with requirements for the CompTIA Security Trustmark:

• Business Continuity Planning
• Access Management
• Incident Management
• Personnel Security
• Security Awareness and Training
• Data Protection
• Technical Infrastructure
• Partner Management
• Physical/Environmental Security
• Compliance
• Service Delivery

The CompTIA Security Trustmark will cover common security practices and IT technologies. Listed below are a few examples of technical areas that are part of the over 100+ controls required to be in place to achieve the Security Trustmark accreditation:

• Security Process, Protocol and Standards
• Technical employee knowledge/expertise
• Change Management
• Virus/malware/spyware
• Intrusion detection
• Vulnerability assessment detection
• Data encryptions
• Security clearances – background checks
• Physical and hardware security
• Security requirements (permissions, passwords, etc.)