IT security technical assurance
Effective security is now a necessity for today’s businesses. For some, the drivers will be regulatory requirements such as Basel 2, Sarbanes-Oxley or Turnbull. For others, the need to demonstrate assurance to industry standards like BS7799 may be the goal.
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But whatever the driver – and however good your intentions – commitment alone is no longer sufficient. Management, auditors and business partners now demand tangible evidence of the security controls you’ve implemented and how they’ll reduce risk.
Why use a partner?
Without the correct tools and expertise, conducting a security review or testing programme can be a resource-intensive and time consuming activity.
That’s why, despite increased awareness and IT security budgets, most organisations still find it more cost effective to work with a security services partner when undertaking a review of their technical infrastructure.
How Insight can help
Insight has drawn on its broad experience of client engagements in both public and private sectors to develop a three-stage methodology for establishing assurance in the security of an IT infrastructure.
It’s a proven approach that can be used as part of:
- A major change to your IT infrastructure
- Implementing a new business application
- Preparing for an internal or external audit
- Project or corporate risk assessments
- Changes in working practices
- Moving to a new office location
- A merger or acquisition.
Why Insight?
Our security assurance team regularly conduct assignments for both public and private sector organisations and has established a proven track record of:
- Delivering projects on time and to agreed cost and quality objectives
- Maintaining broad and up-to-date experience of the risks and threats facing specific industry sectors
- Developing reports that are focused and tailored for the audiences involved
- Providing the correct mix of tactical and strategic advice for security improvement.
