Information security audit is an audit of how the confidentiality, availability and integrity of an organization's information is assured. An information security audit is one of the best ways to determine the security of an organization's information without incurring the cost and other associated damages of a security incident.
Realtime software security audit services provide insights into as many application or operating system weaknesses as possible. Realtime offers two methods of software security auditing: source code auditing and black box auditing. A source code audit reviews software code either during or after development, while a black box audit reveals vulnerabilities by reverse-engineering your code. Both approaches ensure that security is a core component, rather than an afterthought, of your application development process.
With Realtime's software security auditing services, you can be sure that your critical enterprise applications will maintain maximum uptime and integrity. Realtime Consulting Services is proficient in testing applications across a wide range of organizations, including:
* IT organizations deploying systems to manage sensitive information;
* internal development teams rolling out custom-built, proprietary software; and
* software development companies that want to test their own products.
Client assets extend far beyond network, website, email server, firewall, router and switch hardware and software. As the core of all business transactions, information assets must be tightly guarded and effectively protected. Only by conducting regular Penetration and Vulnerability Testing can an organization ensure that information and network assets remain safeguarded from unauthorized access and abuse.
Did you know...
* That a misconfigured firewall can expose your entire internal network and business assets to more than 600 million other Internet users?
* That there are an estimated 100,000 hackers on the Internet today, actively scanning government and corporate networks for vulnerabilities they can exploit to gain access to critical corporate and personally identifiable information?
Timely and regular Penetration and Network Vulnerability Testing will reveal these and a host of other risks and enable you to take the necessary actions to neutralize them.
Importance of Safeguarding Data
Hackers come in all shapes and sizes, operating individually or in organized cybergangs to find and exploit gaps in security programs. Their prize may be your client lists, customer credit card information, employee compensation data, student or patient information, even your competitive business plans. Their goal may be to embarrass your organization by defacing your website, crash your corporate servers, or resell your valuable corporate secrets. This threat is real, ongoing, and extremely costly.
Within an average of five minutes after a new network device has been installed by an organization, hackers have identified it. Within hours of the first connection to the Internet, cybercriminals have begun to steal computer time and hard disk space in attempts to acquire sensitive information. It is not a question of IF an organization will face this threat, but WHEN.
Realtime IT's security assessments and audits help organizations enhance data security and privacy, safeguard information, comply with regulatory concerns, and reduce legal liability. Realtime IT's network and security audit is ideal for:
* Organizations with large clients and customers that require an external audit
* Ensuring system reliability, performance, and integrity
* Emerging and fast growing firms
* IPO ready organizations
* Organizations concerned about security
* Businesses with distributed offices
* Organizations in the financial and health care industries
* Organizations that share and collect personal and/or proprietary data
Realtime IT’s network and security audits and assessments are customized to your specific needs and review and analyze 50+ different subject areas including:
* IT systems - hardware, software, and external services
* People - internal and external IT resources
* Processes - policies, procedures, and guidelines
Our analysis includes a review of your network and server equipment, scalability, performance, connectivity, backups, electronic communications such as e mail and instant messaging, software licensing, software patch management, portable computing devices, and many other areas.
Our services include a review of your packaged and custom software change management processes. We also review your employee handbook, policies on the use of information systems, and related documentation. In addition to the IT infrastructure, our Work Plan includes interviews with IT, management, and key users to determine if there is an alignment or satisfaction issue with the IT department.
Our deliverables include a report of our findings as well as recommendations, and a prioritized Action Plan. The entire Work Plan takes from one week to as long as three months, depending upon the scope.
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