Services

Asset Protection

Despite the lessons learned after September 11, 2002, many of our public and private activities have yet to perform adequate threat and vulnerability assessments of their physical assets

Prior to that day, many city administrators and business executives failed to appreciate the significance of appropriate security measures. Based on the lack of a common threat, security was seen as something needed, but not urgent. During the past three years, our nation has seen its most catastrophic “worse case scenario” unfold and we now live with the realization that we are legitimate targets from both external and internal threats. The events of September 11th excluded, we should keep in mind that some of the most devastating acts of terrorism; the bombing in Oklahoma and Anthrax mailings in Virginia and Florida, were the work of domestic terrorists. At best, assaults of this nature close facilities and cost millions to repair. At worse, lives are lost. More than ever before, being prepared is something public administrators and private executives can ill afford to disregard or put off.

Information Assurance

Your competitors are looking for ways to ‘listen in’ on your internal communications on many fronts. This can be accomplished without setting foot in your offices.

If your company uses Wireless LAN technology (802.11) they can capture your data and access your files remotely.

If your company uses two-way radio or certain cordless telephones, they can listen in using commonly available scanners.

Some companies have implemented Active Directory, an invaluable resource, but have misconfigured settings that open their network to the world.

You will never know that this type if intelligence gathering is going on until it is too late.

Each year, millions of dollars are lost to competitors due to information being

captured after being unintentionally broadcast in-the-clear through wireless

communications equipment.

Additional millions of dollars are lost due to hackers breaking into corporate

networks and releasing viruses or worms into the network. In addition,

these same hackers may be employed by your competitors as ‘corporate

spies’ to find out what your company is planning.

We help you keep your data secure while accommodating your wireless

Needs. We will evaluate your existing on-campus Wireless LAN needs and recommend changes to close the doors to hackers and ‘corporate spies’.

We can also recommend new secure Wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment to

allow your employees to roam around your campus and still be ‘connected’

while keeping unauthorized persons from accessing your networks. We can also test your encryption to ensure it is working and at the appropriate level.

Secure campus-wide WiFi using industry standard 802.11 WLAN equipment conforming to recognized standards. Only pre-authorized WLAN equipment will be allowed to connect to your network and access the information needed by your professionals.

Investigative Services

In today’s technology rich environment, information has become an asset few can survive without. The problems most companies experience in turning data into more than a collection of historical information is unfamiliarity with the process of collecting information and evolving the data into intelligence.

The acquisition of information, regardless of its purpose (investigative, research, trend analysis, due diligence, competitive advantage, etc) requires a well balanced process.

Asset protection, the core service of itkServices, LLC, involves more than protecting your physical, human, and information assets. Our services aim at protecting you against unwarranted law suite, false insurance claims, and intentional damage to your corporate reputation.

Training

ItkServices, LLC offers a broad range of training packages that include assessing training needs, identifying critical tasks, determining the conditions under which the tasks must be performed, and training to the standards required. Part of the assessment includes the essential skill, knowledge, and ability of a typical entry-level student. The training needs assessment considers where it is most efficient and effective to train each critical task (e.g. classroom training, individual self-paced training, or on-the-job training/mentorship. The output of the needs assessment is a terminal learning objective, statement of critical tasks and training site, the essential skills each student is required to possess before training starts, and the minimum acceptable performance required at the end of training.

As part of our security programs, each assessment includes specific training to ensure that those required to maintain an aggressive security program have the training needed to do so.

Social and Organizational Research

Program Management

The decision to either outsource or use in-house resources is one of the more critical business decision a company makes. Certainly, there are benefits to both approaches. If you are a large company, there are probably more benefits to using in-house resources to manage your security program. If you are a smaller company, of a company lacking the in-house expertise, the cost of such in-house capabilities might outweigh the benefits. In such cases, using a security management consultancy might be a wiser financial decision.

Policy Development

In a world where resources are scarce and processes are often needlessly complicated, effective management depends on the efficient use of resources to decrease expenditures by increasing efficiency and productivity. Our four step model is based on three premises:

Policy does not work, unless it is developed with the help of those it will impact,
Better policy results from enhancing what is already in place, and
Policy is a work in progress and must evolve to remain effective.