Pinpointing the weaknesses of high-technology systems and planning and implementing countermeasures are prime services of The Guidry Group. And the need is great. Electronic snooping by competitors is also increasing and industry and government surveys show that security breaches originating within victimized organizations remain disturbingly high. The Guidry Group focuses on safeguarding its clients against security compromises in three critical areas associated with the increasing interconnectivity of telecommunications and computer networks. Private owners of PBX and voice mail systems are often unaware of their technical and legal exposure to heavy financial loss if their telecommunications are compromised.
Technical weaknesses are generally traceable to poor system design and implementation.
This creates gateways for phone system hackers to utilize in penetrating systems to place long distance calls and to pirate voice mail services. In both instances, long distance company tariffs upheld in the Federal courts make payment of fraudulent toll call charges the exclusive obligation of the PBX owner. The Guidry Group is highly skilled at auditing the vulnerability of telecommunications systems. And, if a client's systems are compromised, we can investigate the incident and provide expert witness testimony regarding criminal theft of phone service or abuse of private telecommunications. The dynamic growth in the number of personal computers since their first appearance less than two decades ago and the rise of the Internet with its links to computers the world over threatens to make fraud committed by remote computer access a near-ubiquitous crime.