Business Risk Management Group (USA) Charter Member

www.covestic.com

The Business Risk Management Group provides highly qualified Security and Business Continuity Planning consultants. Our consultants have each have decades of experience building effective. The Business Risk Management Group as our name implies assists our clients in the development, implementation and management of Information Security and Business Continuity programs that are cost effective and reduce the risks of conducting business today in the post 9/11 world to an acceptable level.  We are a full service Information Security and Business Continuity consulting company headed up by some of the top professionals in the country. Our company offers our medium and large business clients enterprise-wide  assessments and innovative planning and solutions  to ensure an adequate level of protection of critical information assets. Our consultants have not just been consultants their whole career.  All have worked both as consultants and as senior level managers within some very diverse and large corporations and we understand that technology does not mitigate all risks. 

Covestic, Inc. (USA)   www.covestic.com  

We help businesses achieve their objectives: Whether we are helping an international wireless carrier launch WiFi hot spot services or a new football stadium implement and operate their technology infrastructure, our focus is the same: to help our client achieve their business objectives by leveraging technology solutions. We do this by utilizing our deep, core experience in several key technology areas such as convergent networks, security, wireless, operations engineering, systems infrastructure, and more. Our practice areas are led by subject matter experts who understand the business benefits and ROI of their technologies.  As Information Technology increases in importance, so do the number of threats directed against this critical infrastructure. A comprehensive security strategy is essential to protect vital data, and to ensure business continuity. Covestic delivers security solutions that help customers assess their needs, design and implement ways to protect data and assets, detect threats and intrusions, and recover from incidents. Covestic’s Security Technologies Practice offers customers a variety of professional services to achieve success.

General Counsel Solutions, LLC   www.generalcounsels.com

All the benefits of a General Counsel ... but only when you need it. Many businesses miss out on the legal and business expertise that a General Counsel can provide, usually because of either budget constraints or because it is not required on a full-time basis. Instead, many companies try to do it all themselves by utilizing the skills of the CEO or CFO, or by using outside law firms. But the company’s CEO and CFO best serve the interests of the company by filling many other key roles besides being de facto legal counsel. Outside law firms can be extremely expensive and most law firm attorneys are highly specialized in distinct areas. As a result, under many circumstances numerous firm attorneys will get involved, thereby multiplying legal fees by a significant factor. In addition, over a period of time the value of having a single attorney, who understands the entire business of the company, its history and intangible qualities, and the personalities of its management and employees, is lost. And the perspective of in-house as opposed to outside counsel is often vastly different that’s why we created General Counsel Solutions. General Counsel Solutions is a service designed to provide a quality, affordable alternative for closely held businesses.

Goldis Consulting Services   www.goldisconsulting.com
Software: GCS currently offers the following products: PWCHECK  RACF password audit tool PWCHECK-PRO RACF enhanced password cracker APFCHECK Reports on access to APF libraries Security Reviews and Audits: Penetration studies for all platforms. Check our website for a presentation given recently at the NY RACF Users Group about penetration experiences in a RACF shop. After we had been doing penetration studies for a year or two, the New York Times ran this article about our work. Although we've developed lots of new approaches and ideas since then, and although computing platforms have evolved tremendously, the main points in this piece are still valid. Security reviews for z/OS and its predecessors, Windows/NT/2K/XP, all UNIX variants, web application architectures, network topologies, firewalls, etc. Financial audit support for these platforms - for internal and external auditors. Application reviews, standards compliance reviews, etc.