Computer, Network and Information Security Consulting Services
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Policy Consulting

Security involves people as well as systems. Polar Cove works with each client to develop an effective, responsive security policy. The results: Management is ensured that employees pose fewer security risks. Infrastructure management improves. Risks to customer trust and loyalty are enhanced. Infrastructure operates more efficiently.

Polar Cove’s policy evaluates each client’s requirements for security policy. Some of these requirements are organization-specific. Others may involve compliance, whether legislative or contractual. Still others, such as virus prevention, reflect good business practices in an Internet environment.

Polar Cove consultants team with each client’s management and operational staff to develop plans that are based on “best practices” from industry standards for security in organization, personnel, physical controls, asset classification and control, network and computer management, application development, and compliance. At a minimum, the security policy that is developed includes:

  • Defining information security clearly and providing a statement of management’s security standards.


  • Describing specific security requirements, such as:
    • compliance with legislative and contractual requirements,
    • education, detection, and prevention,
    • standards for ensuring business continuity,
    • roles and responsibilities,
    • processes for reporting suspected security incidents, and
    • maintaining the security policy document itself.

Policy Consulting Includes:

  • Reviewing each client's business and the related security goals and requirements.


  • Assessing current IT strategy and security concerns, as well as new developing requirements for security management.


  • Comparing and contrasting existing security strategies to best practice standards and business expectations.


  • Providing clear security policies for management and for operational staff.

Polar Cove delivers security policy documents for management to use in meeting both industry-wide and client-specific security practices.

 


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