Network Security And Availability

WorkSmart.net utilizes a number of safeguards to maximize network security and availability.

Firewalls: The DesignLinks uses multiple fault-tolerant firewalls. Each firewall employs both static and dynamic access-lists, configured to permit only necessary traffic. Abusive or malicious traffic is dynamically denied per dynamic access lists on the firewalls.
Security Patches and Critical Updates: All WorkSmart.net servers are audited regularly for security patch and critical update levels. Patches and updates are first deployed to a test environment to assure compatibility, then to the live environment.
Multiple Tier-1 ISPs: WorkSmart.net uses three Tier-1 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) with BGP4 protocol, which offers high level of redundancy, so if one line should fail the other automatically takes over without the customer ever knowing there was a problem. BGP4 also improves the speed of connection to our servers for the end user, as it can calculate the best and fastest route to its destination and take that specific route.