Governance and Risk Consultancy Services Case Study On Network Security Audit
Over View :
The organisation is a premier financial institution having strong national and international presence in the financial sector for over seventy years.
Challenges :
Emerging threats in the field of information technology forced the institution to rethink the security of the information assets in terms of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of the information environment at its research and development center.
Solution :
The solution lay in conducting an audit of the institution’s information environment that included all information assets. The audit would identify loopholes and vulnerabilities in the existing security mechanism.
PCS Consulting, the consulting arm of PCS Technology Ltd. won the contract to conduct the following:
The Information System Audit involved auditing the following serving management processes:
The VA/PT tests were conducted using the following tools:
"We would like to express our appreciation to the Consultants of PCS Technology Ltd. and would like to congratulate them for successful completion of IS audit, Vulnerability Analysis and Penetration testing for critical servers at Institute for Development and Research…It was a pleasure to have partnered with PCS and we look forward to continuing and enhanced relationship with your organization" Assistant General Manager of this financial institution.
PCS Consulting was awarded the contract to conduct Web Application Audit by the client.
The organisation is a premier financial institution having strong national and international presence in the financial sector for over seventy years.
Challenges :
Emerging threats in the field of information technology forced the institution to rethink the security of the information assets in terms of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of the information environment at its research and development center.
Solution :
The solution lay in conducting an audit of the institution’s information environment that included all information assets. The audit would identify loopholes and vulnerabilities in the existing security mechanism.
PCS Consulting, the consulting arm of PCS Technology Ltd. won the contract to conduct the following:
- Information System Audit
- Vulnerability Analysis and Penetration Test (VA/PT) for critical servers
The Information System Audit involved auditing the following serving management processes:
- Incident Management Process
- Configuration Management Process
- Change Management Process
The VA/PT tests were conducted using the following tools:
- Nessus - Vulnerability of OS
- N-Stealth - Vulnerability of OS
- Netcat - Port Scan
- L0pht - Password Crack Tool
- MBSA - OS Hardening
- Netcat - Port scan
The recommendations of the audit report led the institution to:
- Upgrade security of critical servers leading to significant performance improvement
- Ensuring a reliable environment in terms of confidentiality, integrity and availability of critical servers
- Enhanced security led the financial institution to focus more on development and research activities
"We would like to express our appreciation to the Consultants of PCS Technology Ltd. and would like to congratulate them for successful completion of IS audit, Vulnerability Analysis and Penetration testing for critical servers at Institute for Development and Research…It was a pleasure to have partnered with PCS and we look forward to continuing and enhanced relationship with your organization" Assistant General Manager of this financial institution.
PCS Consulting was awarded the contract to conduct Web Application Audit by the client.
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