Organizations are becoming increasingly dependent on robust, safe access to the Internet. They need to protect their systems and people from burgeoning online threats coming into their networks; and monitor and control what people do online with their Internet access. However, some types of organizations face additional pressures, perhaps for legal compliance reasons, or penalties for risk of data loss. AKC Consulting therefore provides complete solutions for several customer segments that are tailored to addressing specific security requirements for those customers.

BUSINESSES

Small Business Challenges

Small businesses have enough pressure in the current recessionary climate just to stay afloat. Growing sales, keeping customers and cutting costs are all that really count. Given these priorities, having to deal with other less obvious business risks has taken a back seat for many small business owners. Having staff wasting time on the Internet while you are out closing deals. Facing a “hostile environment” lawsuit from an employee who’s been offended by another surfing porn sites in your office. Like having your customer records exposed on the Internet.

Unfortunately running a small business means having to take care of these risks, too, whilst maintaining your focus on the core business. You need to protect customer records, control what employees can and cannot do on the Internet, and monitor what’s going on whilst you’re out of the office, without it becoming a full-time job of its own.

Protect your business

AKC Consulting provides a secure Internet Gateway that acts as your first line of defense against all of these risks. The AKC Consulting Gateway puts you back in control. Our web filtering solutions ensure that employees can only see what you want them to see online, avoiding the risk of one of your staff being offended by a colleague’s web browsing. These same web filters ensure that your staff stay focused on work-related matters, too, especially whilst you’re out of the office meeting with clients. At the same time, AKC Consulting protects the computers in your business from outside attacks. By preventing unwanted intrusions into your network and protecting against Trojans entering your systems, you protect against loss of customer data.

New approach

AKC Consulting offers a new approach to small business Internet protection and control:

• Easily Protect, Control and Monitor the online activities of all your office computers.
• Affordable subscriptions plans are available to align with your business’s cash flow needs.
• Already proven in over 20,000 organizations, protecting over 1.3 million computers every day.

EDUCATION

Keeping students safe on the Internet

Through the Internet, students now have the world at their finger tips. Along with its many riches, students must also navigate a mine field of distractions and hazards. Many schools and libraries count on AKC Consulting to help them keep their students safe while on the Internet and focused on learning. In particular, AKC Consulting can assist schools and libraries in:

1. Keeping inappropriate content out of the classroom and computer lab
2. Creating a safe learning environment
3. Achieving CIPA compliance
4. Qualify for E-Rate funding
5. Protecting computers from spyware, viruses, and other malware

Easy, Affordable, Flexible

With AKC Consulting, you get ease of use, affordability, and flexibility to accommodate student, teacher, and staff needs. AKC Consulting makes it straightforward to manage your network and comply with CIPA requirements through:

• Dynamic Web Filter – Filter websites by critical categories for CIPA such as Pornography, Illegal Drugs, Dating, and Hate and Aggression, as well as manage access to web mail, shopping, proxies, and other sites.
  • Control Internet usage based on 53 categories that covers over 100 million URLs.
  • URLs that have not been seen before are processed and classified in real-time, allowing you to stay one step ahead of your students.
  • Block https/ssl sessions by IP, thwarting a popular work around for standard web filtering solutions.
• Control Instant Messenger and other P2P applications – port hopping applications such as instant messenger and bit torrent can bypass standard firewall rules, consume network traffic, introduce malware, and open a door for child predators. AKC Consulting allows you to control these applications and set reasonable restrictions for your network.
• Block Viruses, Spyware, Spam, Phish, and Other Malware – AKC Consulting scans all traffic including http and ftp for viruses, worms, spyware, phishing, and other threats to protect your network and the personal information of your students.
• Monitoring - AKC Consulting Reports lets you see who’s doing what on your network, including reporting by active directory user name. This lets you monitor for violations of your acceptable use policy and identify suspect behavior.
• Policy Management – Create an unlimited number of web usage policies based on user and/or time of day, including rules appropriate for teacher, staff, and students as well as different age groups.

HEALTHCARE

Protection of patient records is of paramount importance to healthcare providers. Whether you are a large practice of family doctors or a dentist in your own rooms, the requirement to protect patient records is equal.

Patient Records and HIPAA

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information. Under the rule this information is called "protected health information (PHI)" and relates to:

• The individual’s past, present or future physical or mental health or condition
• The provision of health care to the individual
• The past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to the individual

Individually identifiable health information includes many common identifiers such as name, address, birth date and Social Security Number. This personally identifiable data has become a target for cyber-criminals.

The HIPAA's Security Rule governs patient records systems security requirements and systems that provide remote access to them. 

Protect Patient Records 

Online identity thieves have become increasingly sophisticated at transmitting software programs called Trojans into your computer network, which in turn can send patient records back out to them. Given the escalating number of attackers and the variety of methods they use, protecting your practice at your connection to the Internet is critical. Just don’t allow them to get in, in the first place.

AKC Consulting provides a secure Internet Gateway that protects the computers in your practice from outside attacks. By preventing unwanted intrusions into your network and protecting against Trojans entering your systems, you have a first line of defense against loss of patient records. AKC Consulting blocks Viruses, Spyware, Spam, Phish, and Other Malware, scanning all Internet traffic for viruses, worms, spyware, phishing, and other threats to protect your network and the personal information of your patients.

GOVERNMENTS

Electronic provision of government services continues to be a key goal of local, regional and national governments, as they seek to cut costs whilst improving services to constituents. The promise of online government self-service remains an attractive aim, when recessionary tax revenues simply cannot cover the cost of traditional service provision.

However, the more that these services and the systems they run on are exposed to the public, the more risk there is of citizen records and constituents’ personal information falling into the wrong hands. Individually identifiable information such as name, address, birth date and Social Security Number, is invaluable to those intent on committing identity theft fraud.

Protect citizen records

Online identity thieves have become increasingly sophisticated at transmitting software programs called Trojans into your computer network, which in turn can send constituent records back out to them. Given the escalating number of attackers and the variety of methods they use, protecting your department at your connection to the Internet is critical. Don’t allow them to get in, in the first place.

Be compliant

Ensure your department is compliant with national and regional legislature governing record keeping. In the US, agencies are required to comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), as well as scores of State and County rules.

AKC Consulting provides a secure Internet Gateway that protects the computers in your office from outside attacks. By preventing unwanted intrusions into your network and protecting against Trojans entering your systems, you have a first line of defense against loss of constituents’ records. AKC Consulting blocks Viruses, Spyware, Spam, Phish, and Other Malware, scanning all Internet traffic for viruses, worms, spyware, phishing, and other threats to protect your network and the personal information of the public you serve.