RE: Re: [OT] - HELP PLEASE we've been hacked.

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alistair Watkins [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]

>I dont think you *have* to spend cash to make yourself more secure,
there
>are plenty of *free* (as in speach, not lunch) tools about that will
run
>on windows and help you... there is also plenty to read online too.

I disagree...

IT Done cheap is IT Done bad. always, and never more so than with
security.

There's a distinct difference between paying way over the odds for a
consultant to sit there and oooh and aaaah whilst the meter runs, and
employing a company with a good background in security to have a check
over your systems. Seriously - it's money well spent.

It's a malady of British Industry, I fear - people don't want to spend
the money, and IT systems seem to be okay until the problems are
forcibly brought home - whether it's a security breach, data loss
through having no reliable backups, whatever.

I'd take this as a narrow escape - you (seem to have) got away with only
having the web server compromised, do the right thing, get someone local
that you can get references for, with the appropriate certifications
from people like checkpoint, and get your systems checked out.

Advice from a list like this simply cannot compare to building a
relationship with an IT supplier you can trust and getting some expert
backup.

Ian.



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