Business Motivators
The client was a carrier grade data facility targeting a very specific niche market of clients with high security requirements such as government, military, and finance.

• Third party validation such as ISO 27001 certification and registration would have major marketing benefits.
• There was significant market demand, and no one in the country qualified to respond.

The Challenge
The project was a complete ground-up build.

• Physical infrastructure had to be built.
• Logical infrastructure design was flawed with information security risk.
• There was no management structure.
• Staff had to be recruited and trained.

The Solution
A secure data hosting facility was created

• An Information Security Management System was created.
• Security domain was defined
• Risk Assessment was performed
• Policies, Standards, Procedures, and Specifications were created
• Strategic, tactical, and operational plans were drafted
• Physical and logical operational controls were deployed

The Result
The result of the project was:

• Certification and registration to the ISO 27001 information security management standard.
• Third party validation of the information processing facility.
• Ability to address and dominate a market niche.

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Note: HotSkills, Inc. launched Orange Parachute in 2007. This case study may predate the Orange Parachute name and launch, but the work was completed by the same consultancy.