Welcome to the first edition of our information risk management newsletter in 2008! - Filip De Wolf (CEO Ascure)

Dear Reader,

2008. A new year full of challenges. As the new CEO of Ascure I would like to thank you all for your confidence in Ascure during the last years. Thanks to you, Ascure was able to grow in a consistent and professional way.

Today, Ascure has 24 professional consultants. All of them specialized in specific domains of Information Risk Management. Again, this growth was possible thanks to you. Ascure has shown that it has become a valuable player in this niche market.

Our business and technology mix (we call it our Ascure Ying/Yang approach) in all our services is the main key to this success. Being able to perform these services on a strategic, tactical and operational level has been well appreciated by our customers. Our challenge for 2008 and beyond is to make this successful approach even better.

In this newsletter you can read already one of the first changes towards our new approach namely our move from Trust Services towards Information Assurance Services.

In the following newsletters you will be able to read how Ascure new services approach will be even more in line with your future challenges (and expectations).

Kind regards,
Filip De Wolf
CEO
Ascure NV

Ascure Academy

This is the overview of the Ascure Academy course for the winter and spring of 2008.

For more information on the specific courses we referrer to our website (www.ascureacademy.eu).

For registration Ascure Academy courses: click here.

For registration SANS courses: click here.

For registration ISC2 – CISSP courses: click here.

SANS/GIAC AUDIT 507 - Auditing Networks, Perimeters & Systems

SPECIAL ASCURE DISCOUNT OF 10%!

When you register, just fill in the following discount-code "Ascure10".

Audit 507, like all SANS courses, is based on known and validated threats and vulnerabilities. These threats and vulnerabilities are explained based on validated information from real world situations that can be used to raise awareness within an organization and build an understanding of why auditing is important. From these threats and vulnerabilities, we build the countermeasures and defenses including instrumentation, metrics and auditing. The course begins with a high-level introduction on methods and audit programs. It then takes you through all the particulars of how to actually audit devices and IT systems that range from firewalls and routers all the way down to the underlying operating systems.

You'll be able to use what you learn the day you get home. Five of the six days in the course will include hands-on exercises with the tools discussed during the lecture sections. Each student is invited to bring their own Windows 2000 or higher laptop for use during class. The hands-on exercises will allow you to experiment with the audit tools discussed in class and to actually perform audit functions against SANS-provided servers in class. A great audit is more than marks on a checklist; it is the understanding of the best practices, system analysis and forensics. Sign up for this course and experience the mix of theory, hands-on, and practical knowledge.

Program:

• Monday 31/03/2008
• Monday 7/04/2008
• Monday 14/04/2008
• Wednesday 23/04/2008
• Monday 28/04/2008
• Monday 5/05/ 2008

More information: click here and registration: click here.

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Ascure Stories: Going from Trust Services to Information Assurance Services!

20th of January 2008, Ghent (Belgium) – Following the evolution within Ascure regarding Information Risk Management, the Ascure’s Trust Services Competence Centre is evolving to Information Assurance Services. With Information Assurance Services, we do not only want to ensure Trusted Data within an organization, but give your enterprise and its management the assurance that information is protected from outside as well as inside threats.

Recently, more and more data loss and data theft incidents have caused financial as well as reputation damage to several enterprises and governments over the world. With the introduction of Information Assurance Services, we aim to avoid these kinds of incidents thus assuring management that they do not have to worry about what could happen to their organization if such an event would occur.

Based on a company specific risk assessment and information classification, appropriate actions will be defined tailored to your environment. These actions aim to put you in control of your information, make you compliant with legal and regulatory requirements and give you the assurance that your enterprise doesn’t need to face the consequences of financial or reputation damage.