11-06-13 | Blog Post
According to the 2013 Bit9 Server Security Survey Report, 55 percent of IT and security professionals’ top server security concerns include targeted attacks and data breaches on their servers. Another 26 percent report they have been hit by advanced malware, up from 2011 when only 17 percent reported the same. When it comes to which kind of servers pose the highest risk, 52 percent said web servers, with file servers and email servers trailing behind at 12 and 11 percent, respectively.
When it came to server security solutions, 98 percent were running antivirus, and 48 percent were had file integrity monitoring deployed. Another security software that can help protect web servers, voted to be at highest risk, is a web application firewall. Sitting behind your virtual or dedicated firewall, a WAF can protect web servers and databases from malicious online attacks by scanning incoming traffic to web servers for any malicious attacks that may affect the web application server. A WAF uses dynamic profiling to learn what kind of traffic and users are normal, and what could potentially be malicious traffic.
When it came to managing virtual servers, 59 percent of security professionals also viewed operational VM management, access control, and auditing as their top concerns. If outsourcing your virtual servers, a private cloud solution may give you the option of direct access to your own VM operations management console, ensuring you have complete control of your server environment.
Only 17 percent of respondents were concerned with meeting and maintaining compliance requirements, which may just be a reflection of the sample size and type of industries the respondents represented. While compliance is not security, many requirements under data regulatory standards do their part to ensure security on different levels. Encryption is a best practice among those that need to meet HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX and other compliance standards.
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References:
2013 Bit9 Server Security Survey Report (PDF)
