Clause 8.4 Directorate Of Higher Education, Government Of Maharashtra, India Department website has been placed in protected zones with the implementation of firewalls and IDS (Intrusion Detection System) and high availability solutions. Defacement Protection 1. Directorate Of Higher Education, Government Of Maharashtra, India website is audited for protection against Security & Performance degradation. 2. Any application level modification on the Directorate Of Higher Education, Government Of Maharashtra, India website requires re-audit. 3. All the server configuration and logs are monitored timely. 4. Only System administrator users are allowed to access the servers for doing administration and configuration tasks. 5. Except Front-end, all the backend servers are under lock and net secured. 6. Contents are updated through a secure CMS. There are two ways of monitoring of defacement of the Directorate Of Higher Education, Government Of Maharashtra, India website. The cybersecurity division monitors by analyzing the log files. In case of any eventuality whoever notices the defacement (either Website Monitoring Team or Cyber Security) informs the Web Information Manager on phone as well as through the mail. SDC Help Desk also informs the Administrator Public Work Department website on the telephone and also by mail.