Emerging Risks
In addition to claiming a commitment to security, by contracting a company like Electric Cat a business will benefit from a current and comprehensive view of information security risks that may eclipse the knowledge and skills of the internal IT staff. There is simply too much new information (much of it irrelevant) for a non-specialist to manage successfully. Simply by specialising in systems administration or technical support, the internal staff will struggle to keep abreast of the current thinking, technologies and risks.
The money spent on implementing new technology may effectively be wasted if the new technology introduces new risks that could be exploited by a dedicated attacker. Preventing the introduction of risks is either the job of the development team or the security team. Where we have worked with development teams during the implementation phase, we have reduced the number of vulnerabilities found during testing to zero in the majority of cases. This meant that the projects stayed on schedule and little or no rework was required.
The money spent on implementing new technology may effectively be wasted if the new technology introduces new risks that could be exploited by a dedicated attacker. Preventing the introduction of risks is either the job of the development team or the security team. Where we have worked with development teams during the implementation phase, we have reduced the number of vulnerabilities found during testing to zero in the majority of cases. This meant that the projects stayed on schedule and little or no rework was required.
