The biggest benefit will be the automatic alerts that security software can provide. It'll let you known when a problem actually needs to be addressed by a third party, and when things are just acting strange for normal reasons.
Patching a server is the process of applying updates to the software that the server runs on that improve the security of the software, fix bugs in the software, or improve the performance of the software. "Server patching" may refer to applying these "software patches" to the operating system or to other software running on the server, such as web servers, databases and application servers.
Internet Information Services (IIS, formerly Internet Information Server) is an extensible web server software created by Microsoft for use with the Windows NT family.
To ensure network security, you have to install protective software and have firewalls on your server.
SharePoint is an application server, but it requires (and extends) Internet Information Server, Microsoft's web server software.
Receiving software updates from the Internet
Server information needs to be hidden to protect the security of the site.
It is important to turn on your firewall and antivirus software before you connect to the Internet. You can read more at www.microsoft.com/security/firewalls/faq.aspx
Patching a server is the process of applying updates to the software that the server runs on that improve the security of the software, fix bugs in the software, or improve the performance of the software. "Server patching" may refer to applying these "software patches" to the operating system or to other software running on the server, such as web servers, databases and application servers.
False. Your software or hardware firewall may have to be modified to allow the connections, depending upon the TCP/IP ports used by the client or server application.
By masking the IP addresses of internal computers from the internet
Yes there are !!! These are the Corporate versions as Win2K3 is a Server application and not standard Windows home apps. Some include: Symantec Norton Antivirus Corporate 7.6 Symantec Norton Antivirus Corporate 8.x (Not Home versions of Norton Antivirus 2002/2003) Symantec Norton AntiVirus 9.0 Corporate Edition Server Symantec Norton AntiVirus 10.0 Corporate Edition Server Symantec Norton AntiVirus 10.1 Corporate Edition Server Symantec Norton AntiVirus 10.2 Corporate Edition Server
Antivirus software is common for network security. They provide firewall protection and site blocking to prevent any malicious attacks to your central server. Encryption and decription technologies are also used to protect sensitive data.