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Energy & Utilities

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Power and Utility Companies have a plethora of directives impacting their business operations and particularly their IT governance, risk and compliance environment. Public organizations must comply with a number of additional regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA0, and various state regulations. In addition, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved (Jan 2008) the following eight mandatory critical infrastructures protection (CIP) reliability standards:

  • Critical Cyber Asset Identification
  • Security Management Controls
  • Personnel and Training
  • Electronic Security Perimeters
  • Physical Security of Critical Cyber Assets
  • Systems Security Management
  • Incident Reporting and Response Planning
  • Recovery Plans for Critical Cyber Assets

Sword & Shield Services for Private and Public Utilities

We offer proven, practical services that balance compliance requirements with an effective program to prevent security threats.

Solutions Benefits of the Sword & Shield Approach
Risk & Compliance Shield Risk & Compliance Shield™ uses a risk-based approach to categorize risks associated with the various applications and networks that store, process and transmit sensitive data by identifying the people, policies, processes and technology associated with business sensitive information.
Security Policy Development Written Information Security Policy documents are a formal declaration of management’s intent to protect information, and are required for compliance with various security and privacy regulations.
Web Application Testing Examines the subsystems, components, interactions and security mechanisms of the Web application and identify Web security weaknesses
Security Testing Services Reduces risks that someone with the intent to do harm could bypass security controls and gain access to sensitive information. Provides verification of security controls and meets independent, third-party assessment requirements.
Social Engineering to Test Security Awareness Training Performs Security Awareness Testing in an attempt to trick employees into divulging confidential information that may be used to compromise network defenses and critical systems.
Security Awareness Training Performs security testing and provides a comprehensive report to detail vulnerabilities present and/or exploited and provides recommendations for improving security and reducing risk.
Incident Response Provides rapid response when you suspect someone has compromised PII data on your systems.
Forensics Investigations Reduces workload on the IT department from time consuming electronic investigations and insures that evidence is preserved and admissible in a court of law.
Secure Portable Workspace for the Mobile Worker or Student Simply plug Check Point’s Abra stick into any Windows-based PC and enter your credentials to immediately turn any PC into a secure, virtual network.
Data Breach Threat Analysis To respond to the growing threat of data breaches, Sword & Shield will proactively identify the types of cyber attacks, the origin of the attacks and will determine if there is evidence of an existing threat in the form of malware and viruses.

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Sword & Shield has been outsmarting cyber-criminals and improving security for enterprises around the world since 1997. Fill out our Consultation Request form or contact us by phone so we can begin securing your future.

U.S. Toll-free: 800-810-1885

International: 865-244-3500

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