Shearwater’s government-focused security services assist agencies
Overview
Providing the public with real-time access to government services has created an inevitable escalation in
cyber risk across federal, state and local levels of Government. This has put an immense pressure
on security leaders responsible for securing the exchange and storage of data.
We have outlined 3 critical challenges that face security leaders in government.
The 3 challenges facing security leaders in government
The challenge of securing data shared between government entities and with the wider community amid a rising number of nation-sponsored attacks. Specifically securing applications, networks, and access.
The challenge of adhering to mandatory requirements and mitigation strategies. Specifically the need to identify assets, perform risk assessments and outline a prioritised implementation approach.
The challenge of hiring, training and retaining skilled staff as the demand for skills and expertise continues to exceed supply.
Shearwater provides a range of services that allow organisations to tackle the above challenges with confidence. Several Shearwater staff hold high levels or government clearance. These staff members are intimately familiar with ASD and have experience working within sensitive government departments.
Shearwater provides support to government organisations within four key areas:
Application Security
Shearwater is a CREST accredited penetration testing service provider. Our application security offerings and methodologies include:
- Threat modelling
- Security requirements specification development
- Architectural assistance
- Source code reviews
- Vulnerability assessments
- Configuration and hardening assessments and advice
- Penetration Testing for web and mobile applications, web services, wireless, phishing, infrastructure, and external & internal testing
Security Consulting & Solutions
Shearwater provides services and solutions to government and private sector organisations to meet business and technical security objectives, including Security Reviews against PCI DSS, ISM, PSPF and ISO 27001, Information Security health checks and audits, threat and risk assessments, strategy development, security solutions selection, policy and advisory services, architecture advice.
Our qualified risk assessors take the guesswork out of assessing and managing the risk to your department’s operations.
Additionally, Shearwater are able to provide IRAP accreditation services, assist organisations to get onto the CCSL and have extensive experience in providing assistance to achieve compliance against the ASD Top 4/35 and the Essential 8.
Security Operations
Shearwater’s Managed Security Operations offer a comprehensive vision coupled with the availability of dedicated and experienced resources. This enables you to execute against your security strategy or offload the burden of managing complex security tools. We can offer tactical support that allows you to outsource certain areas of your security operations in a cost effective manner.
Shearwater Operational security services range from product selection, procurement and deployment through to ongoing daily management of security solutions as a managed services partner.
Education and Training
Shearwater is uniquely positioned with relationships with the SANS Institute, as their exclusive provider of live security training courses in Australia. We hold live training events throughout the year in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
We also provide comprehensive end-user security awareness training products from the SANS Institute and Security Innovation. Our Phishing Awareness Training solution, Phriendly Phishing, has proven success in mitigating ransomware and other phishing introduced threats across government organisations.
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