How much is enough?

How much security for your information, systems, and networks?

Information Technology Security extends beyond merely addressing technological issues. It should be regarded as a fundamental characteristic of the organization and its supporting systems.

The Plan

We can help you and your organization identify the necessary security requirements for your business processes. These requirements are determined by the business's contextual and conceptual needs. During our analysis, we consider what your organization does, the necessary business processes, and your risk tolerance. Architects, designers, and service operators are crucial in identifying requirements at various levels. It's essential to have an architecture that suits your organization. Therefore, what, where, and how you and your supplier operate is important.

We help organizations develop business security plans that facilitate the creation of security programs. The plan and all provided artifacts are essential for your security program budget request.

The Program

The size of your organization's program is not what matters; the outcome is what counts. We help your organization determine the appropriate program size. This program and its scope will encompass all tasks necessary to develop, implement, test, and operate the related security services and supporting infrastructure. From start to finish, architects, designers, project managers, testers, suppliers, and service operators collaborate on implementation tasks. The program and its lifecycle are, in fact, ongoing. The capabilities of security services and the associated resources need continuous management oversight. We will assist in defining specific metrics for security capabilities services.

The service capabilities supported by the program are an integral part of the continuous services your business requires. The program encompasses technology, processes, and personnel, including a range of protective, detective, corrective, and deterrent security controls, both logical and physical. It's not just about adhering to industry standards, as these often don't address your organization's specific challenges. We are experienced with industry standards and frameworks, but we enhance them with tailored development of security patterns, user and security stories, and security enclaves that suit your needs.

Both the security plan and the program will need to be reviewed and invested in to accommodate necessary organizational changes.

The Services

Managing security services and their processes is essential. Like any organizational process, it depends on people and supporting technology, both of which can be susceptible to failure.

Alongside security architects and designers of security service capabilities, the service operator is tasked with ensuring that services function correctly according to established service level metrics. Some services may be outsourced to third-party suppliers, making it crucial to ensure these suppliers adhere to the service agreements, including security policies and requirement clauses. Our security business analysts will collaborate with you to identify service SLAs that could be affected by operational security events and help you with proactive incident management tasks.

We are experienced in security assessments, certification, and system accreditation. Our consultants will leverage business information from your security plan to ensure that all critical assets are included in the security assurance program. This program is supported by security situation awareness tools and methods that enhance our consultancy services.

Our consultants can help you address any gaps in security operational capabilities related to implementing security policies and developing associated processes and procedures. We also have expertise in defining contractual security requirements, conducting third-party security reviews, and performing supply chain security assessments.

by Andre Fernando - Cloud Sec Consulting Pty Ltd.