IT Standard Compliance service

  • ISO 27001- Information Security Management System (ISMS) Implementation
  • ISO 2301 – Business Continuity Management Implementation
  • PCI DSS Implementation
  • IT Architecture – TOGAF
  • XBRL Implementation
  • ISO 20000 – Implementation
  • COBIT5 Implementation

Our IT Standards Compliance implementation covers the following areas:

IT STANDARDS IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES(REVISED)

ISO 27001 IMPLEMENTATION

Having a systematic approach to information security is the key to its success in any kind of an organization. A systematic approach- which your auditors use, helps to anticipate threats to your organization’s information assets, and develop plans to mitigate them. The best policy to follow in such a case is to adopt internationally accepted best practices instead of “reinventing the wheel.” ISO 27001 is the most universally accepted standard for Information Security the world over. ISO/IEC 27001 is the only auditable international standard which defines the requirements for an Information Security Management System (ISMS). The standard is designed to ensure the selection of adequate and proportionate security controls based on the risks the organization is exposed to. This helps implementing organizations to protect your information assets by eliminating vulnerabilities.  It gives confidence to any interested parties, especially your customers. It is great tool for the identification of and compliance withl applicable regulations. The ISO standard 27001 brings consistency in the entire organization’s approach to information security making it highly manageable, whatever be the scale of operations. The standard adopts a process approach for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining, and improving the ISMS.

How?

CACS Associates LTD provides assistance in the implementation of ISO 27001 framework. With a team of experienced information security professionals who are also ISO 27001 certified Lead Implementers and Auditors, we have an in depth understanding of the standard. Our implementation strategy is based on a phased approach.

 

ISO 2301 : BUSINESS CONTINUITY MANAGEMENT (BCM)

Whether natural or human made, disasters are unpredictable – and often unavoidable. Too often, a company finds itself unprepared when the unexpected happens. When your company leaves itself open to unnecessary risk, the costs can add up fast: from downtime and data loss to reputation damage and client distrust.

Business Continuity is receiving increasing attention world-wide as the frequency of incidents increases within an interdependent world, associated with a need to counter threats to the organisation that could cause a severe impact to business operations. 

Business Continuity Management (BCM) is a holistic management process that identifies potential threats to an organization and the impacts to business operations those threats, if realized, might cause, and which provides a framework for building organizational resilience with the capability for an effective response that safeguards the interests of its key stakeholders, reputation, brand and value-creating activities. 

The main purpose is to prevent any significant impact on the brand, image and reputation of the enterprise, whilst ensuring business continuance. This requires the implementation of a Business Continuity Programme that is an enabling mechanism for information sharing, delivering improvements to the protection of assets and people, and the implementation of plans for major incidents. 

This plan should therefore be able to respond to: 

“Any unwanted significant incident that threatens personnel, buildings and/or the operational effectiveness of an organisation, which requires special measures to be taken to restore the business back to normal”. 

 

Our Service

We can help you get ready. Regardless of the size of your organization or the nature of what you do, ISO 22301 takes the hassle out of business continuity management, saving you having to reinvent the wheel. The threats you face are as specific to your organization as the functions you consider essential. That’s why we offer customized packages to help you put business continuity at the forefront of what you do. An ISO 22301 package can be customized to include only the products and services that your business needs.

Benefits of ISO 2301 (BCM) Implementation

  • Protect your mission-critical IT infrastructure
  • Maintain data integrity and accuracy
  • Preserve your company’s reputation with customers and partners
  • Ensure compliance with industry regulations
  • Maintain employee productivity and your organization’s ability to generate revenue

PCI DSS SERVICES

Navigating complex Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) compliance requirements can be a daunting prospect for many businesses. Given the extensive requirements of the PCI DSS, businesses of all sizes will be finding themselves impacted by these data security requirements.

Whether your business needs a Report on Compliance (ROC), PCI 3.2.1 gap analysis or guidance on a PCI Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ), CACS offers the resources and experience to assist you through the process.

It’s not a matter of if, but when your organization will have to comply with the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). We often hear these common PCI misconceptions:

  • “I process a low number of credit card transactions, so I don’t have to be compliant with all rules.”
  • “I don’t store credit card information, so I don’t have to be compliant.”
  • “I’m ISO/SOX/SOC/HIPAA compliant, so I must be PCI-DSS compliant.”
  • “I passed a vulnerability scan, so I’m secure and compliant.”

 

Even if you use a third party to process your transactions, your company must comply. If you don’t have the internal PCI expertise to perform a complete assessment, you need someone who can help you determine where your PCI gaps are and can tell you what you need to do to fix them.

 

Our Approach

CACS is certified as a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA). As a QSA, CACS Associates consultants are here to efficiently review the hundreds of required controls, different levels of compliance testing and certification, and various questionnaires and reports for your business. We have been qualified by the PCI Security Standards Council to have our consultants assess your compliance to the PCI DSS standard.

 

 

IT ARCHITECTURE - TOGAF CONSULTANCY

The benefit of a clearly defined architecture at either point solution or overall enterprise level is that it enables the gap between business requirement and solution delivery to be clearly bridged.CACS Associates LTD numbers accredited architects who specialize in the production of such architectures.Our architectural approach also means that every aspect of a solution is considered – this holistic view means that aspects such as subsequent systems management and security are incorporated into the solution from the very start. The use of an architectural framework in the design of IT architecture ensures the above benefits are realised. CACS Associates LTD uses The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) in its IT architecture work with clients. TOGAF comprises a set of methods and tools for developing a broad range of different IT architectures, providing a reliable and practical method for defining business needs and developing an architecture that meets those needs. It is an open, generic framework which is neutral to the use of any specific tools and technologies, enabling the eventual use of the best solution for the particular needs of the client.

TOGAF helps produce:

  • Well integrated solution portfolios
  • Clearly defined interfaces
  • Reduced complexity
  • Better managed IT services

How can Computer Audit Control and Security (CACS) Associates LTD help?

CACS Associates LTD can help its clients by providing:

  • Reviews of existing architecture
  • Requirements gathering and analysis
  • Business process analysis
  • IT architecture roadmaps
  • Business case development
  • Procurement support
  • Project management of IT architecture projects

XBRL IMPLEMENTATION SERVICE

Narrative performance reporting, internal reporting, management reporting – regardless of what your company calls it, the periodic consolidation of departmental results is a painful process for anyone. Each period, it’s a tedious, redundant routine of using last period’s now-outdated template, pulling in the new numbers and attempting to fill in the blanks with meaningful narrative. This painful process is often laden with inefficiencies and errors. Businesses the world over are turning to collaborative, single-data-source reporting engines to handle narrative performance reporting. After all, your business needs faster access to performance reporting in order to keep pace with competitive markets.XBRL is a data-rich dialect of XML (Extensible Markup Language), the universally preferred language for transmitting information via the Internet. It was developed specifically to communicate information between businesses and other users of financial information, such as analysts, investors, and regulators. XBRL provides a common, electronic format for business reporting. It does not change what is being reported. It only changes how it is reported

CACS team has reach experience in the development of XBRL taxonomy, instance document generation software and XBRL implementation. CACS Associates helps companies, to define their XBRL implementation strategy, designing taxonomies, developing XBRL instance document software and analytical tools.

XBRL Implementation Strategy

Computer Audit Control and Security Associates LTD helps companies, to define their strategic definition, road map development, designing RFP and help them in feasibility studies.

Our XBRL Outsourcing Services include

  • Mapping of your financials with the XBRL taxonomy notified by the Regulatory Authority
  • Complete tagging as per the Filing Manual, Business Rules and Scope & Level of tagging issues by the Regulatory Authority.
  • Review by the client and resolving every point to the client satisfaction
  • Uploading the requisite e-forms.
  • XBRL training

ISO 20000 IMPLEMENTATION SERVICE

Computer Audit Control and Security Associates’ IT Service Management consulting services will assist you to establish or improve your IT Service Management programme

Implementation of ISO/IEC 20000:2011 Requirements

Our certified and experienced consultants will assist you to align your IT service management practices with the requirements of the international standard for IT service management, ISO/IEC 20000:2011.

IT Service Management System

We provide the technical expertise and project management capabilities needed to plan, establish, implement, operate, monitor, review, maintain and improve an IT Service Management System that will:

  • Improve IT Service Management
  • Improve Customer Focus
  • Provide reliable, consistent and cost-effective services, giving competitive advantage
  • Improve overall reputation and perception of IT 
  • Shift the balance towards proactive processes
  • Improve inter-departmental relationships by giving clarity on “who does what” and common goals
  • Utilize a framework for staff training for automation of service management.
  • Preparing for certification from a third party certification body
  • Reduce the time it takes to resolve a call
  • Provide intelligent and meaningful reporting to management
  • Measure IT Service Management using Key Performance Indicators.

APPROACH TO ISO 20000 IMPLEMENTATION

Our consultants follow a phased approach that makes provision to design and establish the IT Service Management System, taking into consideration the following ISO/IEC 20000:2011 requirements:

  • The ISO/IEC 20000:2011 standard’s Requirements for a management system
  • Management responsibility
  • Documentation requirements
  • Competence, awareness and training
  • Planning and implementing service management
  • Plan service management (Plan)
  • Implement service management (Do)
  • Monitor, measuring and reviewing (Check)
  • Continuous improvement (Act)
  • Planning and implementing new or changed services

COBIT 5 IMPLEMENTATION

Implementing COBIT 5 in an organization is an ambitious aspiration and a noteworthy endeavor. It demonstrates the maturity, willingness and commitment to improve. However, practical implementation challenges are often daunting and numerous. While the COBIT 5 framework and the COBIT 5 Computer Audit Control and Security Associates COBIT % implementation team will follow the COBIT® 5 good practice continual improvement lifecycle approach to GEIT, tailored to suit the needs of a specific enterprise. In particular, to:

  • Analyze the enterprise drivers
  • Apply the implementation challenges, their root causes and success factors
  • Assess current process capability (As Is)
  • Determine target process capability (To Be)
  • Scope and plan improvements
  • Consider practical implementation factors
  • Identify and avoid potential pitfalls
  • Leverage the latest good practices