Protecting vital corporate information is one of the greatest challenges facing today's businesses. E-commerce practices, while improvign performance and market share, have increased the number of individuals—both internally and externally—who have access to crucial, potentially sensitive information as part of every day business operations. As a result, organizations have been introduced to new, increased, and potentially devastating risks. In addition, government regulations regarding privacy and data security have imposed a higher level of responsibility on those organizations conducint business electronically.

Business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) exchanges, as well as exchanges with employees, create vulnerabilities within an organization's network and business operations. Inneffective Information Assurance Plans and Policies and infrastructures/architectures can have a devastating impact upon an organization—loss of valuable information resources, financially devastating system outages. Consequently, organizations are recognizing that establishing strategic information assurance policies, processes, and architectures is imperative.

DSC has developed a comprehensive, full lifecycle Information Assurance Program to address these challenges.