IT information protection

Making IT security a business enabler


So, you believe that your company records, personnel data, financials, etc. are 100% safe? Chances are you’re wrong. A good portion of a business’s reputation depends on the level of confidentiality and privacy it extends to its customers’ information. And if the trust between a business and its customers is breached, irreparable damage can be done to the company involved. Add to this the national and international laws—often complex, confusing, and far-reaching in their effect—that have been enacted to protect consumers, and it easy to see why many companies are scrambling to keep their compliance heads above the waters. But privacy and security issues extend not just to your customer’s information: your business’s proprietary data security systems also require careful design and maintenance. But, new regulations, new applications and systems, and web-enabled business solutions continuously raise the bar to achieve adequate information security. As network boundaries blur, the outsider threat is heightened whilst your users increasingly need access to information anytime anywhere. So, how can you keep the wrong people out and manage your IT environment?

If this is your situation:
  • You want to ensure that your company security policies adequate and effective
  • You require and effective and reliable security strategy?
  • You need to know how well protected your information is against inside and outside threats?
  • You must have a more effective way to respond to security incidents—without first making things worse?
  • You must know whether you are in compliance with the relevant regulations, e.g., regarding privacy?
  • You want to know how to we improve the availability of information
  • You need a way to reduce the burden of security administration
How PwC can help you

At PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) we can help you master all aspects of information protection From strategy to system configuration, our experienced professionals can deliver enterprise-wide security by aligning security strategy, organisation, governance and policies to your specific business needs and compliance requirements. We can work with you to develop and implement security and privacy guidelines and procedures, perform value-added intrusion testing, and conduct security reviews and forensic investigations. Plus, at PwC we can perform authorisation engineering so you can get a grip on user access rights across systems, networks and applications. As your partner, we can greatly reduce the likelihood of business interruption from a security-related event; and we can also diminish the impact of un-anticipated events through detection, reaction and containment techniques. And, of course, we can improve your compliance with regulatory and best practice requirements, as well as other security and privacy regulations.


Contacts
Ingvar Van Droogenbroeck
Partner
Tel: + 32 (0)2 710 7204
Floris Ampe
Partner
Tel: + 32 (0)2 710 4164
Marc Sel
Director
Tel: + 32 (0)3 259 3410
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