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Welcome to the eScan
Information Technology Security Assessment Tool home page! This Tool was
developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology for use by small
businesses.
About the eScan
Security Assessment Tool
In a world of intense
competition and uncertainties, protection of business-critical information is
vital to the success of your company. Small businesses are especially vulnerable
to electronic security breaches because it's difficult to support full-time
dedicated security staff to constantly monitor information technology systems.
The eScan Security
Assessment can help determine how well your company's information technology
systems are protected against failure or intrusion. The Tool asks a series of
questions and will provide recommendations in the following areas:
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Computer virus protection;
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File
permissions;
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Computer system physical environment;
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Back-up policies and procedures;
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Potential computer system mechanical failures;
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IT
contingency planning;
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Information technology and security policies;
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International eCommerce concerns;
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Internet and eCommerce;
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Operating systems and security concerns.
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Once the assessment is
completed, the tool provides a report that specifies how well your business or
organization scores in all of these critical security areas. The scores are
based on how the questions are answered, and it provides an assessment report
that categorizes the results and makes suggestions for improvement. The report
can either be saved or printed directly from the Tool.
To begin using the Tool,
click on the button above. You will be asked to provide your zip or postal code;
we are interested in collecting this information to help us understand how the
Tool is being used. If you are a visitor from outside the United States, you
will also be asked to enter the name of the country you are visiting from.
This site/pages are best
viewed with IE 5.0+ and Netscape 6.1+. Please note that your browser must be
enabled to accept cookies to use this tool. If your browser allows you to
disable pop-ups, you must have pop-ups enabled for this site in order for the
final report to display.
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Start the Tool