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Welcome to Amuleta Computer Security Inc. PDF Print E-mail

Today's business leaders must deal with vastly increased security challenges and regulatory compliance. Amuleta is a new type of registered private investigator firm that provides IT security services including; digital forensics, protection of intellectual property, advanced security logging, design of secure network architectures including SCADA systems, security assessments and management guidance from our leading security experts. Our forensic experts identify sources of digital and other evidence, preserve, analyze and present our findings.  We can not only investigate the computer but also the person sitting in front of it, and we can work with your law firm to deal with both civil and criminal matters if and when they arise.

Consultation, auditing and documentation development for business management systems. (IS0 2001:2008, ISO 20000, ISO 27000)

Amuleta does network infrastructure design and support for select hi-tech clients who understand the need to go above and beyond the basics.

Amuleta works with a wide range of clients from not-for-profits and small business to law firms and hi-tech science and technology corporations.  We are headquartered in Vancouver, B.C. Canada.

Drop us a line today at info(@)amuleta.com to see how we can help you. All enquiries are confidential.
 
What are the top IT security issues we see in companies today? PDF Print E-mail
Poor understanding of the seriousness of IT security issues by company management is by far the number one issue we face. An unfortunate side effect of this prevailing attitude is the regular IT staff person throwing in the towel and letting potential security problems slide into real ones. We see this all the time. And often the IT management role has been relegated to individuals who are otherwise not even remotely qualified, from receptionists to accountants. The worst security offenders are management themselves and, indeed, they are the preferred targets by hackers for that reason.
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What is a social engineering attack? PDF Print E-mail

A) In the normal world, social engineering could mean anything from a government trying to convince you to believe and act a certain way, or an advertiser attempting to modify your personal purchasing behaviour. If done right, social engineering can be very effective at behaviour modification. The same applies in the computer security world. Most people have now seen phishing attack e-mails which attempt to separate us from our identities and subsequently our hard earned cash. The attackers, all organized crime, have been surprising successful at this criminal form of social engineering and are now focusing more on individual companies.

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