Estate Agency Office Computer Network Audits
Our computer network audits comprise of three key areas, Internal Audit, Penetration Test and Software Audit.
Internal IT Network Audit
The configuration of your computer network is subject to change on a regular basis. Within your IT networks, stores of valuable organisational assets are often held, and are often restricted to certain personnel. HR records, financial data, intellectual property and the like are often secured in databases – however, with inadequate security, it is trivial to extract valuable data from local, or trusting networks. Different variables can affect your network security: new services, new applications, staffing changes, new connections and more. These seemingly innocent alterations can accidentally open windows and backdoors. These open invitations to hackers and opportunists should be closed.Internal audits can evaluate:
- Connections between the Internet and your computer network
- Connections between your computer network and business partners
- Routes used by employees for telecommuting purposes
- Internet network production infrastructure (DNS, file servers, mail servers)
- Internet business-specific infrastructure (DB servers, process control servers)
- Desktop environments
- Processes and procedures
- Disaster recovery plans
- Network inventory
- Software audit
- License compliance
Search and Submit Internal Computer System Audit provides an outside metric by which your management can judge the quality of your organisation’s security. Thorough and frequent internal audits enable your network to become more secure and less prone to attack
Search and Submit will deliver an unbiased view of your computer network. We are not influenced by internal politics, scheduling constraints, resource limitations nor the knowledge base of your organisation. An accurate audit requires the analysis of large volumes of data. Our formal methodology for conducting an investigation allows Search and Submit to approach the IT network audit from an independent perspective and find any inconsistencies in your security solutions..
Computer System Audit focus includes:
- Network design and implementation
- Host systems architecture
- Host security
- Disaster recovery
- Process and procedures
- Response time for problem resolution
- Emergency response
Computer Network Penetration Testing
Search and Submit’s comprehensive test of a company's external security and strictly follows industry standards and have been developed by our team of ethical hackers. This is a live test mimicking the actions of real life hackers. Conducting a Penetration Test is a valuable experience in evaluating your security and preparing your defenses against the real thing.
- Full in-depth test
- Discovers all exploitable Vulnerabilities
- Extensive reporting & debriefing
Regular Review Benefits
Single security snapshots are useful for single-use purposes, however systems,
networks and staff change on a regular basis and new exploits are constantly
discovered. Search and Submit recommends that Security Testing be repeated
at regular intervals. It only takes one undiscovered hole for hackers to
compromise your data. Reviews are available in weekly, monthly, or quarterly
intervals to ensure that your systems are protected regularly.
Computer Software Audit
Software manufacturers are increasing the pressure on companies to audit license compliance, while the penalty for illegally using software rises.
Licensing packages are becoming ever more complex, particularly for larger installations making license and cost management even more difficult.
Search and Submit provides a complete breakdown of software installations and product use across a large enterprise, allowing informed business decisions to be made about software deployment including the software deletion as well as license purchase.
Estate Agency Development
Real Estate Software & IT
We are active providers of internet
marketing and IT
support services to forward thinking and entrepreneurial UK Estate
Agents. We hope that you will find this website both practical and appropriately
written. As the property industry becomes more and more reliant on new
technology for the efficiencies it can bring to the day to day running
of estate agencies it finds itself at a tremendous disadvantage in this
new environment.
Estate Agents' hardware suppliers are not aware of property software
requirements and similarly national property portals are not interested
in the configuration of an office network. The deep domain expertise
needed to specify, purchase, implement, install and manage the estate
agency computer system efficiently does not exist in the industry and
why should it? By simplifying IT
purchasing, we are currently helping major independent estate agents
in the UK to benefit from massive increases in efficiency.
The true cost of connecting to the internet did not need calculating
10 years ago and some estate agents still consider that a lot of what
is needed can be had on the cheap or for free. Exposure to wider range
of estate agency IT suppliers has left estate agents more and more confused
as they begin to calculate the true cost of computer ownership.
The fact that not one company or person is directly responsible for overall problems is even more frustrating as estate agents are left at the mercy of adolescent help line staff, delivery men and software developers met at a distant trade show in a moment of weakness.
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Individual UK suppliers tend to only cover their own individual niche, so when things go wrong there is ample opportunity for collective buck passing, right up the chain. Simple problems escalate to boiling point, as all concerned try desperately to avoid responsibility for the true cost of the system. The Herculean task of just getting it all to work in the first place results in a long-term mistrust of the industry, bypassing all of the benefits the technology was originally purchased for.
Our estate agents clients make only one call when resolving any computer related issue. This policy liberates the client's staff to concentrate on lucrative property business, decreases operating expenses and maximises the return on their computing investment.
There have been no benchmarks or standards for UK Estate Agents IT purchasing until now. call us on +44 (0)7763 96 2002
Estate Agents Software
Technology should be playing a big role in any estate agents and when used correctly can have a marked effect on service levels in two distinct areas.
Use of technology can help improve property management, back office efficiency, marketing, advertising and other front office functions.
Those estate agents that are not embracing technology are in danger of being left behind by the rest of the field. For Estate Agents wanting to take advantage of technology, this site offers excellent educational content and is and ideal way to learn about current estate agency marketing and real estate software developments.
