Security

Security can range from the mere installation of anti-virus software to curtailing the activities of a CIO or senior executive who is suspected of embezzling money, and the delicate approach that is sometimes required in difficult situations. There are a wide variety of technical specialties associated with security, but at the heart, security must be evaluated at a business level before all else. While technology enables the flow of information, it is this same technology that puts data at risk.

Iteon understands business. When we discuss threats, risk, and loss with clients, we speak first to the business, then move to the technology—not the other way around. When we discuss security, we ask important questions, like:

Who are the threats, specifically?
Are there regulatory or compliance questions (FINRA, SEC, HIPAA, etc.)?
What are we trying to protect, from whom, and why?
What is the operational risk?
What are the financial implications of exposure?
What is the most cost effective way to handle each threat?

Iteon specializes in understanding complex situations. We've been called in to secure clients from internal threats in multiple cases involving a rogue CIO (sexual harassment, embezzlement, making threats to employees). In 2006, we secured the network of a public utility after a private competitor breached their wireless and stole the utility's operating plans. For a client in the movie business, the CEO and COO decided to hold hostage the studio's intellectual property during a negotiation with the board; this ended when Iteon took over the company without interrupting any of the employees or the video rendering that continued without a hitch.

Iteon understands complex situations. We are often instrumental in compliance and can provide precisely targeted (and useful) audits when needed. We provide recommendations and prioritization based on just on technical factors, but also on business needs. Our clients call upon us to assist with both the process and procedural sides of security, and we are respected technical security practitioners across all operating systems and networks.

All of our people are used to working in unfamiliar territory, and we think quickly in complicated situations. We are comfortable taking on challenges that other groups can't or won't, and we bring the intellectual tools to solve our clients' business problems--they trust us to resolve their problems.