NEW INFORMATION SECURITY FIRM TO ASSUME LEADERSHIP ROLE
Added: (Mon Jun 18 2001)
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Orthus Ltd. announces the launch of its services and vows to be a leader in the computer security industry. Orthus will offer new vision and comprehensive services to competitive European businesses to identify and neutralize the security threat to their IT systems.
"Information security isn’t brain surgery" says Richard Hollis, CEO of Orthus. "It’s a simple process of identifying, minimizing, and effectively managing the specific threat to your business information. Too many CEOs are throwing money away in their security programs because they don’t recognize this fact. There will always be a threat. The real challenge is to understand it and manage it with strong policies, training and basic proven technologies." For Hollis, a seasoned professional with over 20 years of security industry experience, the answer is perspective and simplicity – and it has become the Orthus credo.
The Orthus Chief Technical Officer, Phil Cracknell, echoes the belief: "The information security field today is largely product driven – everybody has something to sell you to fix your security problems; and, of course, people want to believe that technology is a panacea. With all of the products flooding the market, the IT Manager today is overwhelmed with 'solutions' and has forgotten the basics. The fact is, technology is only a small part of an effective security program. If IT Managers got back to the fundamentals of access control, they would spend less on products and give their companies more secure systems." Cracknell ought to know. With over 15 years' experience in the field, he has spent his time in the trenches.
Orthus is a next generation information security service provider that simplifies things for the executive who is responsible for securing his company’s IT system. Orthus offers comprehensive information security services including: threat assessments, risk analyses, secure system design, hardware and software audits, penetration testing, IT and corporate security policies and procedures, business continuity and disaster planning, and IT security education and training programs.
Orthus’ corporate headquarters are located at 11-15 Betterton Street in Covent Garden, London, U.K., WC2H 9BP. Telephone: +44 (0)20 7470 8711. www.orthus.com