Security Strategy - Polar Cove

Polar Cove is a trusted guide for developing client-centered comprehensive information security strategies.

People, programs, and technology need to work together to manage risk. They must do so in a real-time business environment, where growth and change mean ever-greater complexity and even higher risks. As technology develops and enterprises grow, the danger is that security models can become fragmented and emergency-responsive. Polar Cove helps to ensure that at all stages of growth, security standards and strategies can be implemented through goal-driven plans; integrated, productive approaches; and ongoing monitoring.

Polar Cove’s security strategies are client-centered, reflecting the needs, business patterns, and direction that are unique to each enterprise.

Strategic Assessment

Polar Cove determines your organization’s security posture. Reports show the steps needed to move from reactive and/or fragmented to proactive and/or unified practices. Studies may cover:

Organization Assessment, to see how current security functions fit the needs of the overall business.
Framework Gap Analysis, to compare current security functions with our best-practice model.
Security Benchmarking, to measure current security functions against those of other organizations of the same size in the same industry.

Strategic Planning

Polar Cove works with each client to develop long-term plans for building a proactive, comprehensive security process focused on business-specific needs. Services may include:

Security Process Engineering, to design the structure of future security programs and establish a path for getting there.
Security Accreditation, to identify regulatory business requirements, determine how to address them and take steps to assure regulators, customers and others of the presence of necessary security measures.
Access Control Design, to balance user need for access to the enterprise with the enterprise’s need for security.
Privacy Infrastructure Design, to build privacy into the infrastructure framework and thereby provide security strength for the long term.
Security Awareness and Training, to educate staff at every level so that they understand and can properly implement the security processes.
Security Implementation Planning, to help Polar Cove clients design and implement the technical aspects of their security processes.