Softel Systems understands that the quality of the work delivered depends on how the work is undertaken. The following topics provide you with the assurance that Softel's approach is designed to produce a consistently high standard the meets or exceeds your expectations:

• Engagement Types,
• Geographic Coverage,
• Qualifications,
• Affiliations, and
• the Tools we use.

Engagement Types

Softel is pleased to undertake consultancy work on the basis of fixed-price for defined scope and deliverables or on a time and materials basis.

Geographic Coverage

While Softel's primary focus is Australia, our consultants have experience working in Asia from India to the Philippines. We can provide security coverage for all your offices throughout the region.

Qualifications

Softel values experience as well as academic and industry qualifications. All Softel's Principal Consultants have over twenty years industry experience and strong academic qualifications. A number are Certified Information System Security Professionals, a US-based and internationally recognised certification operated by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)². All Softel consultants subscribe to the (ISC)² code of ethics and your work will be supervised by a CISSP-qualified security professional.

Affiliations

Keeping up to date in any industry is important and especially so in information security. Softel contribute to the information security body of knowledge and keep abreast of the state of the art through memberships of:

• International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)²,
• Information Systems Security Association (ISSA),
• Computer Security Institure (CSI),
• Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AUSCERT),
• Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE),
• Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN),
• Telecommunications Society of Australia (TSA), and
• Systems Engineering Society of Australia (SESA).

Tools

Softel understands the importance of tools during the phases of assessment, design, and implementation. Consequently, we maintain an ever-expanding catalogue of the best tools in the industry. With over 160 tools currently in the catalogue, we can pick the best tools for the job whether they are to be used by Softel on your behalf by our consultants or to directly help you to maintain the security of your Information Systems.

The tools are categorised in the following areas:

• Authentication/PKI,
• Network Surveying,
• Port Scanning/Network Mapping,
• Service Probing,
• System Identification,
• Vulnerability Research,
• Internet Application Testing,
• Firewall & Access Control List Testing,
• Trusted Systems Testing,
• Intrusion Detection System Testing,
• Containment Measures Testing,
• Password Cracking,
• Denial of Service Testing,
• Competitive Intelligence Scouting,
• Privacy Review,
• Document Grinding,
• Wireless Network Testing,
• Communications Services Testing,
• Physical Security Testing,
• Intrusion Detection Implementation,
• Network Monitoring & Defence,
• Data Protection/Encryption,
• Firewall Implementation,
• Content Filtering,
• Antivirus,
• Risk Assessment,
• Systems Engineering,
• Forensics and Data Recovery,
• Data Integrity Checking,
• Enterprise Security Management,
• Access Control/Authorisation,
• Host System Hardening, and
• Network Time Synchronisation.