Hacker Factor Consulting Services

Hacker Factor Consulting provides security evaluations, research, solutions, and forensics for midsize to large corporate entities and related organizations. Unfortunately, we cannot provide services to individuals.

	Security Evaluations Whether you are considering a new security product or wanting to identify your risk profile, Hacker Factor can help. We offer security solution evaluations, where we compare your needs and risks with viable solutions. Since Hacker Factor has no relationship with any product vendors, we offer an unbiased evaluation. In addition to solution evaluations, we also offer system, network, and service audits. These are designed to identify your highest risks. Unlike other security vendors, our audits do not normally include penetration testing or automated exploitation examples; usually identifying a potential risk is sufficient, exploitation is unnecessary.

	Research Hacker Factor is skilled at computer and security related research. Our whitepapers have been requested by Fortune-100 companies, government agencies, financial institutions, and even other computer security companies. Previous topics have ranged from general security practices to the identification of virus writers and phishing groups. Whether the topic is a product evalutation or threat prediction, our researchers are ready to support your needs.

	Solutions Hacker Factor Consulting includes skilled developers that can architect, design, and even develop your software solutions. Previous projects include web mirroring tools, e-commerce servers, database migration, and even cryptanalysis and "cracking" tools. Not all of our projects are security related, but security is always designed into our solutions. We offer both home-grown development and integration services. Integrating off-the-shelf solutions can be just as taxing as developing something new. And in most cases, standard is better than better, so a novel solutions may not be desirable. If you need a security solution, or just manpower to assist implementation, we are ready.

	Forensics Nobody likes to think about a system compromise. But when it happens, you need to know the damage. Our forensic services span the range of computer forensics: from data recovery and event tracking to loss identification and profiling the people responsible. In addition to standard computer forensic tools, Hacker Factor has also developed novel tools and methods for forensics and profiling. Hacker Factor Consulting has been involved in many high-profile cases and continually assists law enforcement.