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WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY

"You don't put brakes on a car to go slower, you put brakes on a car to go faster, more safely. Along the same lines, IT security is not meant to slow down a company, but rather to enhance and facilitate the growth of a company... safer growth."--Quoted from Gartner Group's Information Security Show, June 2001

Computer Security exists for one reason and one reason only:  To protect the Business Enterprise, enable Business Opportunities and add value to all Business Ventures.

Overview  Key Benefits  A Case for Security

Without written policies, an enterprise leaves itself exposed to expensive litigation and as we are seeing in the new age of the internet, a significant loss of  productivity.

Written policies help the organization reduce the cost of programming errors, civil lawsuits due to sexual harassment and discrimination.

Our two day review covers more than 220 information security related topics.

We review corporate policy, organization, personnel, physical controls, asset classification and control, system access control, network and computer management, business continuity, application development and maintenance, and compliance. VGS, Inc. will suggest the changes needed to meet the Common Criteria, Generally Accepted Security Practices and the ISO 17799 standards.

We can address all the above elements, or only those you wish to review.  This can be done on an enterprise-wide basis or site by site.  The review will produce a high level management report showing both strengths and weaknesses of the current information security program.   This report will assist senior management in understanding its current GAPs and exposures, if any, and help direct the appropriate resources as needed.

The review will also produce a detailed action report to assist the organization's personnel in correcting weaknesses. 

** All work performed comes with a limited period of email and/or telephone support.

Key Benefits

• Reduced Cost of Possible Litigation
• Avoid liability for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty, document contract, law, and regulation compliance
• Knowledge that your Information is Secure
• Protection of information from unauthorized disclosure, modification or destruction.
• Improved management of your organization's information
• Adherence to "Due Diligence" requirements
• Test or development software/files are not accidentally transferred into your production environment.
• Show definitive progress with minor investment
• Establish information security effort credibility and visibility
• Shift work attitudes and change perspectives
• Generate user support for information security
• Demonstrate clear top management support
• Avoid disputes and related internal politics
• Establish reference points of future audits
• Guide security product selection and implementation
• Assure consistent implementation of controls
• Maintain trade secret legal protection for information assets
• Demonstrate quality control processes (ISO 9000 compliance)

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Available for consulting in the USA and Internationally

Contact Information

Bruce M. Johnston, CISSP, CCSA

7725 Biltmore Blvd., Hollywood, FL., 33023-5825

  [B] +1 954.967.4065  [M] +1 954.558.2083

[E] VGSCS@Bellsouth.net

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