Information Integrity

4WARD

Information Integrity Management is developed by Cadenzis. The growing complexity of information infrastructures and increased security requirements demand an integral approach to manage the integrity of information.

4WARD incorporates all steps in the information exchange process. This ensures the integrity of information on a continuous basis.

4WARD exists out of 5 phases to ensure your organization meets integrity and security requirements: consultancy, design, implementation, change management and business planning & intelligence

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Growing complexity The complexity in the information chain is increasing. The deployment of multi-channel and diverse media demands an integral approach to information security. The convergence of information from one media to the other, transaction processing and mapping from protocols and formats require to manage the integrity of the information from sender to receiver and vice versa.

Security drivers Financial institutions are increasing their focus on risk measurement. The Basel II agreement provides a framework for financial organizations governed by the central banks of the G10 to improve their risk measurement and management systems. The Sarbanes Oxley compliance section 404 requires corporate records to be protected from unauthorized tampering. In the US homeland security is increasingly becoming important. Companies are strengthening their security policies and bring them in compliance with the BS7799 / ISO 17799 information security framework.

Multi channel and diverse media Information technology is rapidly enabling data sources to be accessed via any available device and through diverse media. Is the information you receive on your PDA the same as in the transaction server? Did my transaction go through and did my business partner receive the information? Who do I call if a transaction is lost?

Information Integrity Management Growing complexity of information infrastructures and increased security requirements demand an integral approach to manage the integrity of information.

Through the information chain information is enriched and converged and is subject to security threats.

This requires Information Integrity Management. Information Integrity Management combines security and information management via a holistic approach.

4WARD Life Cycle

4WARD Lifecycle
This incorporates all steps in the information exchange process to ensure the integrity of information on a continuous basis.

4WARD Consultancy
Delivers business process analysis, information transaction analysis, security risk analysis and security policy review and creation.

4WARD Design
Delivers solution design, planning, budgeting and resourcing of the information integrity project. The design includes application, network and infrastructure implications. Messaging and transaction solutions as well as enterprise application integration are part of the solution design.

4WARD Implementation
Delivers project management for the information integrity project. Cadenzis has gained experience with various project management methodologies and can apply these in any industry.

4WARD Change Management
Includes life cycle management, operational improvement and business continuity in an operational environment.

4WARD Business Planning & Intelligence
Capacity forecasting, total cost of ownership measurement of your security projects.

4WARD Areas

4WARD Lifecyle incorporates the following security areas:

Organizational security
Business processes and organizational design.

Asset classification and control
Inventory, classification, labeling and handling.

Physical and environmental security
Secure locations and access control.

Communications and operations management
Procedures, capacity planning, system acceptance, network management, malicious applications, media handling and security, information exchange control, trusted 3rd parties.

Electronic commerce security
Information integrity from Procurement via ERP to eCommerce and exchange to communities via EDI etc., customers and vendors via EDI etc.

Business continuity
Incident impact analysis, incident and disaster handling plans, transaction logging and restoration, trusted third party.

Compliance
Legal requirements, management processes, data protection, logging and collection of evidence