Professional Analysis
Altius IT offers professionally planned and
implemented incident response, forensic
investigation, and forensic services.
Ad-hoc investigations may
cause more harm than good. Even with a
clearly defined incident response plan,
many organizations don’t have sufficient
time or knowledge to perform skilled
analysis of electronic crime scenes. Your decision to prosecute may
rely on the crime scene investigation, your evidence, and how it is
handled.
Altius IT minimizes your risks
by professionally collecting, examining,
analyzing, and preserving your
evidence. Our
managed forensics process provides a
formalized approach to the forensics
process. The chart below shows how
your organization is threatened from
many different directions.

Four Signs You Are A Victim
If you see any of these four signs, stop
immediately and
contact us - you may be the victim of
an unwanted intruder:
- Physical evidence of damage. Files
that have been modified or removed, a web
site that has been modified or defaced, and
applications that have been deleted are all
examples that your security has been
compromised.
- Your administrator. Your network
administrator may come across a hacker's
trail of evidence. Hackers don't always make
mistakes but when they do you may be lucky
enough to find them.
- Something just doesn't look right. A
detailed analysis of your audit log files
and network data can reveal differences
between normal traffic and an intrusion.
- Intrusion detection system. An
automated process with a variety of sensors
scattered throughout a network to collect
and analyze data. This data is examined for
patterns that might indicate an attack.
Response
We identify and document the primary
systems involved and prepare a
plan of action.
- We review the Target of
Evaluation (TOE) and the systems
involved
- We analyze and determine how the attack was
carried out
- We recommend steps to mitigate
or remedy the situation
- We help determine if a crime
scene suspect
exists
- We work with the authorities and
help you if you intend to prosecute
the attacker
- We protect and prepare physical
and electronic evidence

Forensics Toolkit
There are a variety of forensic tools and
applications and the wrong tool may do more harm
than good. Altius IT provides the capabilities
and the right tools to make your response and
investigation a success.
- Our process includes computer and
network forensics planning
and preparation
- We recommend our role
in incident response and forensic
investigation
- We consider and educate you on legal and
regulatory implications
- Analyze cyber security risks and
recommendations to mitigate threats
- We help you prepare an incident response
policy and plan
Expert Witness
We are experts and recognized leaders in our
field with over 25 years of computer networking
and security experience. As a recognized
authority, we offer a full line of
expert witness and
crime scene investigation services.
Why Altius IT
We are certified by the Information Systems
Audit and Control Association as Certified
Information Systems Auditors (CISA). Altius IT's experts provide outside,
independent assessments that
help organizations:
- Achieve compliance with industry
standards
- Develop strong relationships with your
customers
- Minimize business and IT related risks
- Reduce costs while ensuring information
protection
