Pretoria, 20 Jul 2010
In line with the strategy to grow its total solutions portfolio with a specific focus on security, Datacentrix, IT systems, software, hardware and consulting services provider, has bolstered its Security business unit offering with new, and highly skilled resources as well as strong partnerships with best-of-breed technology organisations including Symantec, McAfee and IBM.
According to Stefan Jacobs, Datacentrix Security Solutions Business Development Manager, the unit made a conscious decision to offer state-of-the-art products and built its skills set to rival the best in the country in order to assist local companies in addressing any security related issues they might experience, from compliancy and consulting to the management of security devices.
“Our security offering focuses strongly on business requirements,” he explains. “Our engagement method with clients is distinctive - we ensure that our consultants have a very clear understanding of a client's architecture and business practice upfront and, based on this, make suggestions on how to improve the overall security posture. In essence, our aim is to guide a client from a reactive to a proactive environment.”
To assist in this process, the Datacentrix Security business unit is made up of three founding pillars: Professional Security Services; Managed Security Services; and Security Products and Solutions.
The approach followed with Professional Security Services is simple. Firstly, the client's assets are investigated, risk and current state assessments are completed and, from here, a strategy on how to migrate the client from where they are, to where they want to be, is developed.
“This phase is product agnostic,” states Jacobs. “Our consultants are not only highly qualified with top industry qualifications, they also use industry best practices and frameworks, from ISO 27002, PCI and SoX to CoBIT, ISO 27001 and ITIL.
“One of the greatest security-based expenditures that a business undergoes is the maintenance of their IT infrastructure, and more specifically IT security posture, at an acceptable level. With Datacentrix's Managed Security Services offering, the maintenance and management of all security devices, including end-point anti-virus solutions, can be outsourced to us.
“Our security incident management service enables us to aggregate security events in real-time from various product ranges across the enterprise, to identify and prioritise security incidents based on their business impact. It connects security knowledge to action by co-ordinating and tracking response activities throughout the incident management life cycle. This empowers businesses to respond instantly and effectively in order to reduce the impact of information security breaches on their business.”
Says Jacobs: “As a holistic solutions provider within the IT security field, Datacentrix's motto is to focus on the basics, and to 'do it right' the first time. With this in mind, we truly believe that our approach of making the best suggestions based on a client's specific needs, existing infrastructure and best-of-breed products, with a strong focus on IT security, confidentiality, integrity and availability, is unrivalled.”
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