Professional Services
ALC offers professional services in Information Security and IT Service Management*
Security Assessment & Audit
- Compliance assessment for ISO 17799, ACSI 33, AS 4360 & the PSM
- Penetration testing
- Infrastructure security assessment
- Applications & transaction systems security assessment
- Network & perimeter security assessment
- Web security assessment
- Wireless & mobile computing security assessment
Security Architecture & Strategy
- SABSA Enterprise Security Architecture
- Security Service Management Architecture
- Business needs analysis
- Security strategy
- Security program design
Risk Management
- Risk management strategy
- Business impact analysis
- Threat & Risk assessment
- Vulnerability analysis
- Facilitated Risk assessment
- Risk management methods
- Bespoke risk management systems and database development
Security Policy
- Policy development
- Standards development
- Security procedures & guidelines
Security Systems Design
- Security requirements specification
- Security functional specification
- Security project management
- Migration planning
- Implementation planning
- Vendor & product evaluation
- Specialist platform-specific advice
- Cryptographic systems and PKI design & implementation
Business Continuity & Crisis Management
- Business continuity planning & testing
- Disaster recovery planning & testing
- Crisis planning & management
- Forensic investigation
Security Training
- Specialist in-house training
- Custom-built security training
- Security awareness programs
- Management support & communication programs
- 'Fast-Track' Security Architecture
- Expert facilitation
- Training needs analysis
IT Service Management
- ITIL training and consulting services
- Interim Management within IT organisations
- Management of Outsourced environments
- Preparing, designing and executing a best practice Outsourcing engagement in the area of Service Level Management and Control
- Program and Project Management
- Transition Management
- Management of organisational change
- Strategic advice
- IT process assessments and improvements
- Service and Process Improvement Programs
- Training and coaching programs for IT Managers and support staff
- Selection and business alignment of IT Service Management tools
* IT Service Management education and services are provided in conjunction with ALC partner and leading service provider Lucid IT
Benefits of working with ALC
Recognition & Trust
By forging close links with some of the world's leading security experts ALC is able to offer the Australian marketplace access to leading-edge expertise. Our team leaders are globally respected. Typically they have published extensively, including journals and major reference books, have extensive published papers, delivered countless presentations, and taught literally thousands of the world's information security professionals. The position of trust our team holds in the professional security community uniquely positions us to provide our clients with the very best assistance and advice.
Qualified & Referenced
Every member of the ALC Professional Services team is qualified and their experience can be referenced. We guarantee your approval of biographies and references for all our advisors in advance of engagement.
Business Focus
For ALC the role of the consultant is to solve business problems - technology and security solutions are of value only if they directly support business objectives. Our professional advisors are well accustomed to understanding business issues and communicating solutions with senior executives. Many of our group have themselves held executive positions in multi-national organisations or have records of success in running businesses. Our business acumen ensures our recommendations and solutions work for everyone from the boardroom to the PC user.
Technical Skill
ALC provides comprehensive skills coverage for every layer of technology and at every point in the technology lifecycle. Our experts have designed, deployed and managed some of the world's most high-profile security technology projects, provided technical guidance and training to thousands of IT professionals, and authored the materials that they commonly reference.
Quality
ALC is proud of our record of achievement, value, and productivity. All work is quality assured by experienced peers and during engagement we will comply with or exceed your quality requirements. Quality review meetings with clients are held a minimum of weekly and immediately on request, and we guarantee they will always be attended in person or by telephone by an ALC Company Director. ALC guarantees quality.
Personal Attention
ALC Professional Services are delivered by recognised leaders in the field: those who write the methods and set the benchmarks that others follow. Unlike many IT providers and consulting houses we guarantee that our experts will be with you all the way. Being committed to your success means that we never put that success (or our reputation) at risk by deploying inexperienced resources. Even the most fundamental of assignments are personally directed, managed, and quality-assured by experienced experts.
Value
Our unique experience will provide you with the confidence of gaining value from our advice and support. Our experienced professionals have extensive, referenced records of success, assuring the greatest return of value for your time and budget. At ALC we never ask you to invest your valuable resources in our learning curve before delivering highly-productive results.
