The Optimization Review, typically two days, is designed to identify the most promising opportunities for change by identifying what separates a company from the norm. This unique approach, developed by Tom DeMarco and Tim Lister, is designed to finesse change resistance, and has proven repeatedly to be both a tremendous morale-builder and an extremely effective change mechanism.

IT Organizational Assessments examine the strengths and weaknesses of your organization so you can capitalize on the former and correct the latter.

Cutter Consortium is available for risk assessments, network assessments, application reviews, security-oriented design reviews, site and facility surveys, and configuration or source code reviews.

The Consortium is prepared to help you throughout the lifetime of your sourcing agreement.

Rebecca Herold will create Security and Privacy Policies, Procedures, Standards and Guidelines policies, procedures, standards and guideline for your organization.

Our Senior Consultants will work with you to design, build, and implement an independent Project Office that will enable you to consistently collect data, analyze it, and present the results.

We can help you install and configure applications, deploy security systems as well as intrusion detection systems. Our operations support services include firewall and critical infrastructure management, incident response, system administration. If desired, we can even serve as acting-Chief Security Officer (CSO) while you conduct a search.

Cutter's team will then help you identify the appropriate sourcing options and help you derive a short list of potential vendors, including their strengths and weaknesses.

Create an information security and privacy program for your organization that is not only designed solely upon your its specific concerns, but takes into account the learners needs of those in your organization: their expectations, learning styles, time commitments, job responsibilities, learning levels and objectives.

Cutter's team can help you write RFPs that will elicit proposals that meet your requirements. We'll help evaluate the proposals that result from the RFP and make recommendations based on those proposals and our experience with similar sourcing and/or large software/hardware deals

It is critical to know that the organizations to whom your organization has entrusted its data handling and processing functions have sound and effective information security and privacy programs.

Get assistance and ongoing support risk management oversight and guidance for your enterprise.

By framing the questions explicitly in terms of a worst case; switching perspectives and allowing people to describe the best case; examining blame-free, blameworthy, and partial failures, and employing additional techniques, Tim Lister is able to overcome the hesitation that prevents most people in most companies from articulating many risks they are aware of.

Let Cutter help you with vetting potential partners, understanding and quantifying schedules, requirements, specs, and risk management before signing contracts, to successfully prosecuting or defending against an IT-related lawsuit.