Professional Services

CommSec provides a full suite of professional IT security services to SMES in the Irish market. Our highly experienced security consultants can help you with a wide range of
requirements, to assist your internal IT team or your managed services provider.

Our approach is to deliver a no nonsense, honest appraisal of your security situation and we are fully committed to helping you get the best possible outcome. Our professional IT security services portfolio consists of:

• Penetration Testing
• Security Assessment Audits
• Forensics
• Solution design–security architecture
• Security awareness training
• Data protection threat assessments, consultancy and compliance officers

Project Management

CommSec take ownership of the successful implementation of all projects and services we deliver. We take great pride in the quality of the work we do and as a services driven business we do everything we can to ensure that IT security projects get delivered on time and within budget.

We fully manage all IT security projects and services we deliver. If you already have IT project management expertise in-house, then we work closely with them to ensure the project is delivered as intended.

We can also provide you with a dedicated IT security project manager to help you implement any significant change in your current IT security infrastructure

Resource Fulfilment

CommSec can help you easily overcome shortages of skilled IT security personnel. We supply several organisations of all sizes with skilled IT security consultants on a long-term basis.In addition to the highly skilled team we directly employ-we have access to a vast net work of highly skilled IT security consultant contractors who we can bring into any engagement to deliver professional services. Whatever you need–we have the right people to deliver.

IT Security Training

Often, the greatest security threat to your organisation is the staff working in it! In many cases of a security breach, we see that it is often caused by a staff member inadvertently doing something that exposes the business to cyber crime or other major security breach. To help avoid the security breaches that can result from users naivete–CommSec have designed a comprehensive training program for end users and IT staff alike. Our training program covers the main topics, such as:

• Password control–dos and don’ts
• Patching–why it’s so important
• Malware–how to avoid letting it in
• Social Engineering Attacks–what they are, how to spot them

After the education sessions, we follow up by testing users with techniques to ensure they are adhering to the IT security best practices they learned on the training course.

ISO 27001

Working with certified ISO 27001 Auditors, you can be assured that you are continuously supported on achieving your goal of ISO 27001 certification.

Our phased approach includes Gap Analysis, Risk Assessment (including Risk Assessment Reports and Risk Treatment Plans), Alignment of Information Security Management System (ISMS) with ISO 27001 requirements, Implementation and pre-certification Audit. Documentation addresses the Statement of Applicability, Organisation Overview, Information Security Policy, Business Continuity Management, Internal Audit Reports, Document Control Procedure, Corrective and Preventive Action Procedures and Internal Audit Procedure. Our ISO 27001 clients have enjoyed a 100% success record in achieving certification by engaging with CommSec.

IT Security Consultancy

Increased operational efficiency and timeliness of project completion are on everyone’s agenda. Our skilled professionals provide many services including Project Management, provision of on-site and/or remote resources with skillsets to match your project, evaluation of existing solutions to ensure they are optimally deployed and represent value for money, assistance with your IT Strategy, planning for expected organisational growth, whether organic or through acquisitions, Vendor Relationship Management and many more.