Best Practices
Charles L. Brooks Consulting (CLBC) utilizes several techniques known
as "Best Practices", and adapts these practices based
on the needs of our clients
Security
CLBC practices Defense in Depth.
This strategy, that focuses on People, Technology, and Operations, is
aimed at achieving Information Assurance for all our clients, large or
small
At the technology level, we recommend several principles
- Defense in Multiple Places
- Layered Defenses
- Specification of the security robustness of each component
- Robust key management and public key infrastructures
- Infrastructure to detect intrusion and to analyze and correlate
results
Architectural Methodologies
Standard Methodologies
We are committed to the principles of agile software development.
To that end, we utilize the following methodologies to produce
value for our clients.
Architecting with Patterns
- Standard Diagramming
- Prototypes
- Enterprise Specific Ontologies
Constant Learning
The information/computer industry changes too rapidly to attempt to
solve tomorrow's problems using yesterday's technologies. At CLBC, we
believe in
keeping our skills and knowledge up-to-date through a mixture of
training, certification, and continuous learning.
- Currently preparing for the Cisco Certified Network Associates (CCNA)
and the Certified Wireless Security Professional (CWSP)
certification exams, Spring, 2005
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Spring, 2005
- Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA),
Spring, 2005
- Trained in Computer Forensic Investigation,
Fall, 2004
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Fall, 2004
- Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for J2EE Technology (SCEA),
Spring, 2004
- Certified ScrumMaster training with Ken
Schwaber, Autumn, 2003
Open Source Technologies
CLBC brings best-of-breed software to play as part of custom software
development. CLBC advocates the use of LAMP technologies as a way of providing value to
our
customers. LAMP refers to the following
- Linux Operating System
- Apache Web server and associated technologies (Tomcat, etc.)
- MySQL RDBMS
- PHP, Perl, Python, etc. Programming languages for the Internet
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