What are the 6 types of security infrastructure systems? - UDT (2024)

NIS should go beyond just implementing a security method. It should be an ongoing and active process of security implementation and maintenance to function successfully and reliably.

The act of restricting access to sensitive data or systems enables your enterprise to mitigate the potential risks associated with data exposure. If fewer people have access to your client database, for example, you decrease the likelihood of a database breach through compromised credentials or insider threats.

Application security refers to a security program that deals with applications, or hardware and software, themselves. The point of application security is to identify and correct security issues relating to organizational applications. It is premised entirely on identifying and fixing vulnerabilities and exposing weaknesses at the application level to help prevent attacks.

Behavioral analytics is an approach to cybersecurity that focuses on the analysis of data. By first determining a baseline, a set parameter for normal versus deviant behavior is established, thereby allowing network security to identify anomalous network traffic that could indicate compromise or data breach before an actual threat takes place.

Network data is protected from outside access and threats via a gate keeping mechanism called a security firewall. It is essentially a barrier between an internal network of an organization with another network – be it the public internet or another network within the same organization, preventing specific traffic from coming or going within it.

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) cloaks your online data traffic, shielding it from external access. It provides an extra layer of protection, a secure tunnel of communications, unlike unencrypted data that can be viewed by anyone who has network access and desires to see it. A VPN disables hackers and cybercriminals from deciphering this data.

Wireless security should be of particular importance because they are less secure than hard-wired networks. Also, the proliferation of new endpoints (mobile devices) and apps, there are increasing new vectors for data infiltration.