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Many people often ask, "so what does Jacadis
mean?" First, we pronounce it JAH-KAY-DIS. Next, it would be helpful to
provide some background.
Our founder, Simon Herring, grew up in Europe. While learning French in
secondary school, he played a game called "Jacques dit" which means "John
Says". The American equivalent is "Simon Says". While it may seem no small
matter that Simon would name a company after himself, he actually believes
that security is much like the game which is in fact quite simple. All one
needs to do is listen, be diligent, and follow the leader to win.
We believe that any organization can significantly reduce their
security risks by watching their environments, paying attention and
dynamically adjusting based on current business and threat conditions.
Often, the changes are simple and easily overlooked such as educating
administrators and users, documenting the environment, and frequently
reviewing and strengthening systems.
We provide the tools and services that enable you to see where you are
vulnerable and likely to be damaged. This visibility assists you with
protecting what’s important, spending in the right place, and promoting
a positive security stance to your stakeholders.
Jacadis is
specialized information security boutique providing a mix of services
and solutions to clients with whom we can build long standing trusted
relationships. The company was founded to provide information security
solutions for organizations of all sizes with a focus on the big
picture. We understand from our customers that as a group they would
answer “Why Jacadis” with the following:
As a small independent
consultancy, Jacadis maintains the
flexibility to do the right thing customer to customer.
Jacadis’
experienced team members draw from past military or management
experiences as they stay focused on helping clients with their
information security concerns. Repeated work in a variety of industries
and across multiple information security disciplines shows through as
you speak with our references. Our technical team has deep technical
knowledge backed up with recognized certifications.
Our customers knows our expertise
in information security technology tools from past projects. While these
tools are important in the protection of information, evidence from the
field, from organizations such as Gartner, SANS, CSI and others, is
clear that balanced solutions, like those
Jacadis’ provides that mix people and process with technology
are most effective.
Jacadis’
focus on information security program development and vulnerability
management provides the experience to present effective solutions that
work.
We strive to produce effective,
professional documentation that is well organized and easy to read. We
produce useful, actionable reporting in forms such as spreadsheets that
can be useful in our clients’ ongoing efforts to improve rather than
relying solely on large documentation sets.
Finally, our activities,
expertise, tools and values combined allow us to work with clients of
all sizes and show measurable results as they work to improve their
security programs. |
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