Plutus Systems launch 'Ethical Hacking' services at GITEX 2005

Defined as the process of testing security measures by attempting to bypass them in interconnected IT networks and within the premises of an organisation, "Ethical Hacking" audits are essential to reliably assess risk and implement effective risk control strategies.

In critical IT environments such as finance, government, and military, e-risk and information security solutions has taken the world by storm and are increasingly attracting attention from international clients. By partnering with Plutus Systems FZ LLC, an IT company in Dubai with a core focus on banking solutions, ilion brings added leading technology to clients throughout the region.

Mr.Nasir Warsi, Managing Director, Plutus Systems says ' This collaboration with Ilion is crucial for us as we are expanding our portfolio of offerings to banking and financial sectors in the region and we are confident it will be beneficial to our customers.'

IT risk abides to the principle of the weakest link and "Ethical Hacking" tests offer the most reliable analysis of an organisation's IT risk as a whole. "Having an armoured front door hardly prevents burglaries if the windows are open. In this way, a critical infrastructure is very exposed to hacking attacks. Since there is much to gain by breaking into it, critical infrastructure security must be 'extremely high' for the safety level to be considered 'acceptable'", says Marco Ricca, one of ilion's co-founders.

Based on ilion's IMMUNESTM methodology, an advanced e-risk management tool developed by ilion's cryptology engineers, "Ethical hacking" services consist of a complete set of 'criminal attack simulation' modules. Without interfering with the client's ongoing activities, each audit module is customised to match the organisation's exact security perimeters, infrastructure, and requirements, resulting in both short-term solutions and long-term security strategy improvements in all IT environments.

Conform to the principle of the weakest link, ilion's audit services help its clients evaluate, understand, and improve their global safety strategies and information security in an integrated way, as recommended by Basel II and Sarbanes-Oxley. Decision-makers benefit from ilion's e-risk management reports that allow top-executives to understand and mitigate risks created by uncovered security flaws and to implement preventive security measures to reduce the level of safety variability within the organisation - i.e. the probability that a new flaw appears during a given interval of time in the future.