Imagine tomorrow you wake up, drive in to work, and the phone starts ringing off the hook with angry customers complaining your website has been modified to display a message with images that are extremely offensive or disgusting to your customers.
Or even your very own private information such as financial records have been sent to all company employees and customers.

Or you come to find your biggest competitor has received all of your secret marketing plans and proprietary information regarding to your company.

Or in the worst case, your customers start getting fraudulent charges from their credit card numbers being spread across thousands of Internet websites used by hacker's!

All of these scenarios occur every day and night caused from insecure network systems. The unlawful break-ins can be from a teenager far away in another country or even from inside your own company  -- a single disgruntled employee angry and doing it only for revenge, a competitor could also be doing it to gain a extra edge in the marketplace for profit, a teenager does it for fun. Any time a break-in happens, it is almost always costly, whether you discover it in time or wait until it is too late. Some of these break-ins spell the end of your company if you don't plan for it ahead of time.

Recent years have brought high speed Internet to the world, with the fast  growth of DSL and cable Internet connection that support always-on technologies, most all of small to large size companies and businesses are wide open to the lurking ravages of the Internet.  It is a very simple task for anyone to have total access to every byte of data contained in the hard drive of every computer connected to a Broadband modem line.

Shadow Consultants. specializes in protecting valuable data by securing your company computer network from any or all such disasters. We are a group of skilled and highly experienced technicians who can analyze your current security setup, If a problem is found we make recommendations that are very easy to improve security, and assist you in implementing a cost-effective network security solution. We are very familiar with commercial products available in the market, and many open source solutions to save even more, we do not represent any one given hardware or software vendor, so we are able to provide you with a large number of low cost options.

Network security systems need close attention as the methods of breaking in change daily. We specialize in network security so you don't have to.

Am I Legaly Liable?
February 15, 2005

There 's no road map and little history to guide you, but here are some thoughts on the legal landscape that just might help.

Information security liability is uncharted territory. The few statutes on the books barely begin to define liability for the Internet age. No case law has established specific boundaries for if, or when, a company might be held liable for having an insecure system or releasing an insecure product.

Does this mean your company is liability-free? Not likely.

The liability question has only begun to sizzle with the emergence of e-commerce and the infosec industry. The very absence of defining case law or statute makes security liability something of a legal crapshoot. Organizations operating in this vacuum are nevertheless challenged to implement practices and guidelines to protect themselves.

The following FAQ can help guide you in formulating sound policy and practice to minimize your information security liability.

Shadow Consulting's technicians have been in the forefront of these security problems and can help you get started with securing your network today.
Contact us today.