The increased use of cell phones, personal devices, cloud computing, social media, search engines and the collection of personal information by many organizations has increased our vulnerability. Every computing device we own is susceptible, our telecommunication systems are susceptible, our power grid is susceptible and recently it has been discovered that even personal medical devices are susceptible.

Cyber Security incidents can be from external sources or internal sources. Government and commercial sites have been targeted by foreign governments. Hacking is on the increase targeting personal, commercial and government sites. Recent Cyber security attacks have resulted in: identity theft, unauthorized use or change of personal data; theft of intellectual property, theft of sensitive government data; use of malware to gain access to mobile devices; Phishing and the use of malware such as Trojan horse programs, worms and viruses to gain access to financial information for theft or unauthorized use purposes.

Talent Workforce Inc. can be a valuable resource to commercial and government organizations in need of Cyber Security expertise to determine their vulnerability, determine if there has been penetration and help prevent future threats. Talent Workforce Inc. can provide professional resources to: Assess Vulnerability, Detect and Analyze Contamination and Implement Preventive measures.

Cyber Security Consulting Services Provided By Talent Workforce Inc.

SOX Compliance

Financial reporting controls become increasingly important as a result of the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 commonly referred to as SOX. Failure to comply with SOX can have severe consequences for any public company and its management and its audit partners.

Talent Workforce Inc. can be a critical force for an organization struggling to execute SOX compliance. Our assistance can range from SOX program assessments, staff augmentation for SOX compliance project teams, GRC and other cost saving/enabling technologies.

Federal Government Agencies are must comply with NIST to protect and secure their Information and Information Systems. These standards also apply to Commercial agencies doing business with the Federal Government.

HIPAA Compliance

Under HIPAA Omnibus, not only are covered entities, such as hospitals, physicians and health plans, liable for HIPAA compliance; so too are their business associates. That includes cloud services providers and other technology services vendors who handle patients’ protected health information, as well as their subcontractors.

Hospitals and physicians that have qualified for the HITECH Act electronic health records incentive payment program, which provides, Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, bonus payments from Medicare and Medicaid, must attest to having conducted a risk assessment.

Under the new HIPAA Omnibus Rule, healthcare organizations and their business associates will be under more scrutiny than ever to protect patient information, update privacy and security policies and procedures, communicating them clearly to the workforce, and above all, doing a thorough security risk analysis.

Failure to Comply: Important Investment

All covered parties need to be aware, for example, that under HIPAA Omnibus, non-compliance penalties range up to $1.5 million per HIPAA violation. Plus, OCR has promised to ramp up its HIPAA compliance enforcement in 2014.

PCI Compliance

Any Company which processes or accepts Credit Cards must comply with The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and must utilize a PCI compliant hosting provider. Talent Workforce Inc. Consultants can assist clients with navigating through the PCI-DSS compliance process.

Our team reviews your organization’s controls, vulnerabilities, threat vectors, asset information, and loss expectancies. Each individual risk is then analyzed and compared against other identified risks, enabling the organization to prioritize remediation efforts and preempt losses with the most exposure.

In addition, our assistance can range from security program assessments, staff augmentation for cyber security and HIPAA compliance project teams, GRC and other cost saving/enabling technologies in the security and control space.

ISO Compliance International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001

ISO 27001 is a part of the ISO standards which governs Information Security Management. The latest version of ISO 27001 was adopted in 2013. The purpose of ISO 27001 is to mandate certain Information Security Controls and to bring under management control. An organization can implement ISO 27001 specifications and Lay claim to be ISO 27001 compliant. However an Organization claiming to be ISO 27001 compliant is subject to formal audit to be certified compliant. Talent Workforce Inc. can be a critical force for an organization struggling to execute ISO 27001 assistance can range from program assessments, Consultants for compliance project teams, GRC and other cost

Talent Workforce Inc. can be a critical force for an organization struggling to execute PCI compliance. Our assistance can range from PCI program assessments, staff augmentation for PCI compliance project teams, GRC and other cost saving/enabling technologies.

Talent Workforce Inc. Software and Tools could be a valuable part of an organizations security program to guard against unauthorized access and use of Corporate Systems and Data. Our Alliance Partner’s Products can help prevent unauthorized access. These tools can also provide for automated information security management and compliance.

The new continuous security monitoring challenge requires bringing together views of security-related data that are often in different silos throughout the organization.

The new continuous security monitoring challenge requires bringing together views of security-related data that are often in different silos throughout the organization.

Most IT security teams struggle to establish and maintain ongoing awareness of the state of information security in their company. Many security professionals, when asked the “are we secure” question by executives, are unable to articulate the answer in a manner that resonates with management. Why can’t we answer this question? The chief reason is the lack of continuous monitoring and real-time visibility into the overall security picture that plagues many organizations.

NIST defines an information security continuous monitoring (ISCM) program as the ability to “collect information in accordance with pre-established metrics, utilizing information readily available through implemented security controls.” There is a great need to collect and analyze security data continuously in order to effectively manage information risk. Given the dynamic nature of modern threats, security teams are operating at a strategic disadvantage if they are unable to gauge their security posture in real-time setting the course for an organization’s ISCM strategy is needed to enable data driven control of the security information that is in different areas of the organization’s business execution and supporting IT architecture.

The Talent Workforce Inc. team can assist organizations by providing cyber security assessment services, cyber security staff augmentation, and innovative software solutions in the cyber security and GRC space.

Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Management Software Systems

Most organizations can benefit by utilizing a flexible – and adaptable – framework to manage emerging GRC issues. There are interesting security and emerging governance, risk and compliance technology enablers that have strong business benefits. Talent Workforce Inc. alliance partners, have developed innovation that transforms IT GRC into a unified and easy-to-manage business application. Talent Workforce Inc. Consultants can Provide Client’s Advice on GRC matters and can also recommend the best automated tools available to self-manage GRC Matters.

Software Systems which possess built-in expertise and best practices eliminate guesswork, as well as the need for internal security specialists.
There are interesting technology enablers for security and emerging governance, risk and compliance issues that have strong business benefits.

Malicious Code Analysis Support Tools

Increasingly commercial and government enterprises rely on COTS and GOTS software and other software tools and systems in their mission critical systems. However, this software comes with few security guarantees. Malicious insiders who may inject malware and other threats within the software supply chain represent a serious problem for the both commercial and government enterprises.

Without an effective Software verification of third-party software requires extensive analytical expertise, specialized tools and ample time and funds. Although numerous analysis tools are available, none of them are able to identify all possible types of malicious code. Broad spectrum in-depth analysis is both expensive and time consuming. Too often, software received from the supply chain may not be verified at all.

Our Software Alliance Partner’s Software solves this problem. It automates parallel execution of a critical mass of established analysis tools to produce integrated findings and it provides a unified view, a highly interactive review process and summary reporting.

Our Alliance Partner’s Software provides analysis of both binary and source code. The out-of-the-box distribution contains static analyzers for a wide array of languages and file types that can detect signs of malicious intent as well as poor coding practices. It supports the distributed concurrent execution of these analysis tools. Furthermore Our Software is designed to be extensible. Additional analysis programs such as binary code dissemblers and debuggers, static and dynamic code analyzers and other tools can be integrated. Results returned by the tools are standardized to allow for risk assessment and a structured review process.

New Capabilities for risk and governance

There are technology enablers for the emerging governance, risk, security and compliance (GRC) issues that have business benefits. Our Software Alliance Partners can provide an innovation that transforms IT GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) into a unified and easy-to-manage business application. A cloud-focused CFO will take a lead in creating a flexible—and adaptable— framework to manage emerging GRC issues.