DreamHammer Information Assurance (DIA) Methodology
With the growing trend of open-standard, open-network business models,organizations are beginning to understand the increasingly strategicimportance of information assurance and the need for an integratedframework for secure business operations.
To meet thischallenge, DreamHammer's Information Assurance Practice Area hasdesigned and implemented an Information Assurance Methodology tosafeguard your assets -- the DIA MethodologySM --- that predictably andconsistently ensures confidentiality, integrity and availability tocritical assets and business processes.

Safeguard Your Assets
- Confidentiality - Protecting your assets from disclosure and unauthorized use.
- Integrity - Ensuring authenticity accuracy, consistency and completeness of your critical data.
- Availability - Ensuring your assets are accessible and ready for use.
The DIA MethodologySMis a next-generation methodology that provides clients with thestrategic and operational excellence needed to address open-networkintegration and proactive enterprise-wide protection concerns intoday's globally connected world. DreamHammer’s Information Assuranceservices includes:
Security Assesment and Evaluation
- Risk Assessment
- Vulnerability Evaluation
- Process Improvement recommendations
- Business Justification/Return on Investment (ROI)
- Security Architecture
High-level Conceptual Architecture
- Architecture Review
- Proof of Concept
- Detailed Design
Security Infrastructure
- Perimeter Security
- Firewalls
- Intrusion Detection
- Virus Protection
- Proxy Services
- Remote Access and Virtual Private Network
- Application and Data Security
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Access Control
- Cryptography
- Security Management
- Account Management
- Systems Management
- Applications Management
- Data Management
- Security Policies and Procedures
- Federal and Departmental Regulations
- Industry Standard Compliance
Security Awareness and Education
- Security Strategy and Awareness Workshops
- Training in COTS, GOTS & Open Source Tools
- Mentoring
- Customized Security Training