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.
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.