ContingenZ offers unique approach to analyzing new and existing information systems, or planned system enhancements, and testing their security.

• Independent: expert advice that is free from in-house perspectives, pressures, and personnel issues
• Outside: free to think "outside the box" and test your boxes in ways you may never have thought of
• Trusted: performed by information security specialists with industry-wide reputations and acknowledged public standing
• Authority: backed by ongoing research, industry credentials, and a long history of practical security consulting

This concept was developedby ContingenZ experts in response to the reality ofinformation system security today. Organizations in theprivate and public sectors face rapidly-changing conditions,with ever-increasing demands for connectivity on the onehand, and privacy on the other. They are called upon toshare more data than ever, while meeting rising standardsfor data protection. In many cases these demands have to bemet within tight budgetary constraints, under intenseproject scheduling pressures.

The result: a tendency forinformation systems or system enhancements to be fieldedprior to full analysis and testing, with dire consequencesfor system security. We offer a unique and cost-effectiveapproach to providing the necessary analysis and testing.Furthermore, even when an organization has the in-houseresources to perform system testing, there is no substitutefor independent reporting of the true reliability andsecurity of the newly fielded or soon-to-be fielded systems,by an independent, outside, trusted authority.

Development environmentsare typically fraught with high pressures to meet or exceedschedule on budget. Security concerns are often given alower priority than the other technical specifications. Tomany developers, this is reasonable: the system is not beingbuilt to perform security functions, such as authenticateusers; rather, authentication is a subsidiary requirement enroute to the user performing a function or receiving aservice.

Our consulting services include:

• On-site review of operations and physical security
• Penetration testing
• Detailed examinations of selected critical servers, routers, and mainframes
• Attacks on firewall and other systems
• Internal network scans
• Review of external connections including PBX
• Open source and underground research
• Review of computer systems standards and policies

For more information, contact:

ContingenZ Corporation
Playa del Rey, CA USA
Tel: 310 306 0166
FAX: 310 306 1612
Internet: info@contingenz.com