“We went with Parameter Security because they are IT experts and ethical hackers.  They gave us piece of mind through comprehensive network risk assessments and vulnerability testing. We appreciate having Parameter Security as a business partner.”

- Dave Shores, Vice President of Banking & Operations

Many financial institutions use accounting firms to conduct their IT audits. Our question to you is why? You wouldn't have a family doctor conduct brain surgery on you, would you? They why would you have an accountant do your IT audit?

Sure we understand GLBA compliance and have even been in your shoes. Parameter Security was actually created by Technology Officers and IT Security Specialists from the financial industry.Why? Because we came to realize that being GLBA compliant didn't necessarily mean we were secure. We needed to be secure - big difference.

We began asking ourselves the following questions after each GLBA audit and each answer was a resounding "no."

• Did they simulate a real-world attack as a hacker would?
• Are they trained to think and behave like a malicious attacker?
• Were vulnerabilities verified?
  
• Did they leverage competitive intelligence?
• Did they penetrate the firewall?
• Do they have expertise in IT and hacking?
• Did they give proper recommendations on information security?
  

That's when we came to realize: In order to beat a hacker you have to think like one.

Hackers don't care about compliance and they know compliance consists of low-level security measures. Because of this they can easily access the data they are seeking which results in the financial institution becoming a media headline. But you were compliant, right?

Here's the deal...If you want to be secure then you need to go beyond compliance. Sure, we can make you GLBA compliant but we'd prefer to make you secure. Remember, if you're secure then you are already compliant.