Business Continuity Management (or a Disaster Recovery Plan) is a set of frameworks

governing the operation of the business management requirements and regulatory

processes. In case of an emergency, an organization is able to respond quickly to

ensure that critical business functions continue without disruption. Organizations are

highly dependent on the Internet and networking, thus, traditional backup and

recovery plans can no longer guarantee continuity of business operations. A business

continuity plan is created based on business processes, thereby helping an

organization to establish a more coordinated safety management system. Business

continuity plans help organizations deal with risk and adjust automatically to ensure

continuous business operation.

Computer Forensics is a technique to examine, analyze, extract, and preserve

evidence to determine or identify suspicious/fraudulent events from a digital storage

device that can be presented in a court of law. ACEC helps clients to understand how

an intrusion took place and who should be responsible for the intrusion by utilizing

admissible evidence found in computers or any digital storage media that pertains to

the case. Cybercrimes have increased rapidly due to the evolution of computers and

mobile phones. Forensics services are highly recommended and, quite honestly,

necessary after an intrusion event takes place. It allows the organization to learn how

the intrusion occurred, what the damage is, and who the intruder might be. ACEC has

a ready and fully prepared forensics team able to perform an investigation based on

the victim organization’s needs including (but not limited to) mobile forensics,

computer forensics, and digital forensics.

Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) & Security Operations (SOC)

Revenue assurance as a service is often undertaken by the telecommunications

sector to improve profits by analyzing the data quality and improving the process:

We understand that the client is experiencing revenue leakage as a result of Telecom

fraud and revenues will be impacted at increasing levels.

The client’s board, audit committee, and senior management would like to address

these issues immediately.

The client would like to engage a partner to evaluate possible risks and fraud

schemes (such as international call bypass, SIM card cloning, and other operational

areas) and implement remediation actions.

PCA provides the client with a highly qualified team of telecommunications and

fraud experts.

Software license compliance is a process to identify and audit software and software

licensing that is installed within an organization in order to assure that all of them are

compliant and genuine. Managing software assets within an organization can be

difficult due to the increasing sophistication of software licensing agreements and also

a lack of software license management guidelines and standards. Most organizations

are unaware of what software is installed in their machine and this can lead to multiple

layers of exposure. This is especially true for large organizations that have hundreds of

machines in their organization; it is very hard for these organizations to keep track of

the updates for their software and licenses. Software Asset Management or Software

License Compliance provides a single, integrated view of installed software in order to

allow a one-to-one reconciliation between usage and purchase/license records. A

software licensing audit is an efficient and cost-effective approach to improve software

or software license distribution in an organization; at the same time, it protects an

organization from copyright issues (from a software company).

Cloud computing is a technology that provides storage on a computer’s hard drive,

which allows a user to access or process the data anytime, anywhere, and on any

machine. This technology became ubiquitous because it is simple to use and provided a

convenient way to share information. Cloud-computing security refers to the

methodologies and frameworks to secure the data, applications, and infrastructure of

cloud computing.

A programmer usually follows a software development lifecycle to create software. The

secure software development lifecycle is a structured way of taking security into

account during each development phase while building software. Preventing security

flaws from the beginning of the development stage is important in order to ensure a

software application is well developed. Secure development entails the utilization of

several processes, including the implementation of a Security Development Lifecycle

(SDL) and secure coding. We provide a risk measurement method for software security

vulnerabilities and integrate it into a client organization’s risk management program. A

client organization will be prepared to react adequately to emerging internal and

external threats; guidelines will be provided for customized mitigation solution

prioritization.

Critical business applications are often in an attacker’s crosshairs as an attack vector. A

client’s business applications store and manage a lot of valuable information. Secure

code review is the process of finding weak security gaps in the source code of an

application and remediating them. Client business applications store and manage a

host of valuable information. By performing secure code reviews, security flaws can be

identified and remediated. From a compliance perspective (such as PCI-DSS), it is

mandatory to perform a source code review before launching the product. We adopt a

tailored approach to extensively review a client’s business application to ensure that

requisite security controls are deployed and tested.

Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing is a technique to protect your

organization against external and internal threats by identifying the security threats. It is

an on-demand activity, and we offer a broad range of network infrastructure, web

applications, and mobile application security assessment services designed to detect

and gauge security vulnerabilities. We have a unique, flexible approach that can be

tailored to fit into the client’s operating environment and goals most effectively and

efficiently.

Data-privacy regulatory compliance is one of the most challenging issues faced by an

organization. We have identified that data privacy and security concerns are involved in

the information-security management lifecycle. Personal identifiable information and

the confidential data of an organization are the most valuable and risky assets for any

business. In a fast-changing environment, keeping up with the data-protection laws and

increasing security breaches is vitally important. IT departments, boards of directors,

and management are more focused on securing data. We can help in developing,

maintaining, and communicating the data-privacy strategies to ensure their data is

complaint in most effective manner possible.

In a constantly changing information technology environment and with the rapid

adoption of business models (such as SaaS, PaaS, Cloud, BYOD, etc.), major security

challenges in an organization about whether the right users have access to intellectual property, networks, or resources of a company have emerged. We provide identity and

access management services to ensure that the right personnel gets the right resources

the right way and for the right reason. Enterprise IT infrastructure has become relatively

commonplace as the role of IT systems has become increasingly important. Moreover,

when an organization implements a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy in the

workplace, each of the employees may have more than one device; this makes

managing the services and devices more difficult for administrators. Effective identity

and access management systems can help the organization to manage all devices, as

well as mitigate security risks posed to an organization and ensure that the organization

stays compliant.

In today’s businesses, information systems play a pivotal role in their operations. With

that comes a variety of information security risks that may impact an organization’s

ability to compete. The Information Security Management System (ISMS) is a structured

approach to maintain confidentiality, integrity, and availability of an organization’s

information assets. The ISO 27001:2013 standard is the world’s leading standard

adopted by organizations for the implementation of ISMS. ISO 27001 is a

comprehensive and structured set of standards and guidelines for organizations that

not only helps to ensure the business security risks are managed cost-effectively but

also helps to establish, implement, operate, monitor, review, maintain, and promote the

organization’s information security management system. This also gives partner

organizations and customers greater confidence to present your business.

Managed security services refer to a service to outsource and manage security issues of

network devices and systems such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, intrusion

prevention systems, antivirus software, virtual private networks, and so on. Threats for

an organization are increasing rapidly. The right skills to mitigate risks are expensive,

budgets are inflexible, and business operations can create risks if the security is not

properly handled. ACEC can help in solving the challenges faced by an organization.

Every organization’s risk management functions are stretched thin or are not fully

equipped for today’s challenges. This impacts businesses from a financial, customer,

regulatory, and brand standpoint. In order to get ahead, organizations need to

restructure their risk management program and align them with the organization's

vision.

We provide security training to employees in a client organization. Human error has

always been the primary reason or main contributing factor in disasters or accidents. By

conducting security training, security awareness can be increased simultaneously. End

users are often the weakest link and the last line of defense in preventing information

security incidents. Insider threats are the most dangerous as they have privileged

access to internal systems. Training and security awareness programs tend to be

reactive in order to address the key organizational risks. Training and security

awareness programs are one of the best ways to mitigate human error in regard to

information security (which is costly). This can help employees understand information

asset protection, information security best practices, and how to be a secure computer

user.

Information Technology Risk Assessment is a methodology that reviews the possible

threats and risks posed to your organization. Organizations perform IT risk assessments

to identify, assess, and change their security posture to enhance their operations and

fend off attackers. The main priority is the security of critical data. Risks and threats to

an organization increase daily. To ensure the security of all the sensitive data is

protected, IT risk assessment helps in evaluating the areas of weakness, loopholes in

the system, and the necessary steps that should be taken by an organization to

safeguard themselves. We combine the best practices and standards (along with our

methodology used globally) to identify assess, evaluate, and manage the risks.

Cyber-security posture assessment refers to a methodology that transforms and

enhances an organization’s risk management capabilities. By performing a cyber-

security posture assessment, a client organization will have a clear view of the security

status and possible security threats within the organization can be identified. The

majority of organizations are highly dependent on the Internet and networks to run

their daily business. However, most of them are unaware of the security issues that

might result in an attack (from outside or from within). Customer information, the

organization’s private and confidential data, intellectual property, and information

assets might leak out to the public––thereby resulting in huge financial losses and

damage to the organization’s reputation. In order to measure the overall cyber-security

maturity of the organization, an independent expert assessment of the current state of

its information security environment is conducted against global standards and leading

industry practices. It is followed by remediation of the identified gaps and the

development of a roadmap for transformation.

Security strategy and transformation refers to the establishment of a security strategy

based on the client’s business strategy, which ensures that the information systems

within the client organization are safe and secure from any intrusion that would cause

damages to the organization. Security strategy and transformation will be built to meet

the client organization’s cyber-security vision. Security strategies involve both cyber

security and information security merged with organizational controls. Cyber-security

strategy is always aligned with business strategy not only to maximize the revenue but also to protect the organization’s assets as well as its reputation. Employees may bring

their own devices (such as a smartphone, tablet, or laptop) to the workplace and

connect to the Internet. New complicated threats and attackers emerge every day. With

security strategy and transformation, your organization’s software assets and

intellectual property will be protected alongside your reputation.

IT governance emphasizes Information Technology Systems, their risk management,

and its performance. It ensures that the investments made on IT yield fruitful results,

which mitigate IT-associated risks and threats. We can help an organization to align IT

governance with the business strategy to achieve maximum efficiency out of

Information Technology Systems by implementing strategic goals. Business

transformation is the key to new business models in both sectors (public and private).

With an evolving business strategy, IT design must also evolve, creating the potential for

risks that could lead to the disruption of an organization’s operations. IT governance

helps in balancing the risks and the adoption of the industry’s best practices in order to

have more control over ensuring regulatory compliance.