Security Technology.

With accelerated technological change and shortened application development cycles, security and privacy staff is faced with the challenge of understanding and evaluating an expanding array of new and updated applications, services and technologies.

NSIS's Security Technology Analysis and Integration helps organizations assess the critical IT infrastructure elements and then determine the proper installation, configuration and "security-hardening" procedures for each system. NSIS also provides an unbiased security perspective when evaluating or deploying new technologies such as wireless infrastructures, directory services and e-commerce applications.

Through industry affiliations, NSIS's consultants have early access to information and training in new technologies and are updated (in real time) on the latest vulnerabilities. This information helps shorten the deployment cycle of new technology into client organizations.

The Firewall Engineering Support allows NSIS to assists a client's internal team throughout the entire design, deployment and administration phase. NSIS works in all phases of high-level and technical design, product/technology selection, implementation and testing, deployment and performance tuning. NSIS employees are trained in the latest firewall technologies and are proficient various vendor products, e.g Checkpoint, Cisco PIX, NetScreen, etc. This comprehensive engineering support ensures that the correct security controls are adequately addressed in the design and development process, rather than being retrofitted at a later time which often results in much higher budget and resource costs.

The IDS Engineering and Support draws on NSIS's IDS security expertise to help organizations design, deploy and tune Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) implementations. NSIS educates its clients on the proper review process for alerts and assists with IDS training and response planning. On an as-needed basis, NSIS reviews reports with clients and supplies organizations with a list of high, medium and low threats as they arise. NSIS can also simulate attacks to test and validate a client's IDS technology and response capability.