Security News > 2020 > January > Security admins checklist: 10 tasks to perform every year
Here are 10 important tasks security administrators should perform to keep devices protected and secure.
While it is easy for users to focus solely on protecting computers and their devices, security admins are tasked with managing the overall landscape-including LAN/WAN, services, the devices used to access those services, and the most unpredictable factor of them all: The end user.
Security has a huge role to play in this with vendors offering important guidance and updates to security appliances and software, as well as providing tools and engineers to assist in the management of security best practices and maintaining the organization's protected perimeter.
Auditing permissions can identify holes in the underlying security, which helps security admins correct these issues, further minimizing exposure.
It is imperative for security admins to adequately review, test, and audit their remote technologies to ensure they're working in a manner that best protects the network and company data.