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   Case Studies

Client

US Federal Certified Small Business

Type

Website Design and Development

The Challenge

The Small Business has provided logistical support and conference planning for agencies within the Federal Government for many years. Recently through successes from prior engagements the opportunity arose to deliver a Small Business Leadership Conference at a program level. The organization needed to establish a website capable of communicating all pertinent information about the conference as well as handle registration and payment information on a very limited budget and a short window for completion.

The Solution

Working together with the company, BlackStream offered a complete redesign of the companies website to include:

  • Updating graphics
  • Inclusion of credit card processing capabilities
  • Creation of a separate internal events management site

The Results

The client has been able to successfully start gaining needed sponsorship and give the appropriate sponsor recognition. Our ability to work with the company and provide real-time design updates allowed them to be part of the company image redesign.

Client

US Federal Agency

Type

Database Design and Development

The Challenge

The agency was going through restructuring but had completed three years of work that was collected in various documents. The agency needed a document repository and retrieval system that was compatible with their normal software packages. The system also had to run on a CD or DVD disk since there was policy in place prohibiting the installation of any software on their systems.

The Solution

BlackStream designed a relational information repository that provided document lookup and retrieval based upon keyword searches. The system included:

  • All research and data accumulated over the prior three years
  • Multiple search parameters including discrete mutli-keyword searches
  • Document retrieval and printing
  • Linking to external database systems designed by the agency

The Results

The client was so overwhelmed by the ease of use and compact functionality of the system that they have asked for us to look for ways in which its use may be expended across other groups within the agency.

Client

International Bank

Type

Network Systems Management

The Challenge

This bank had recently suffered a breech and was in need of an audit in order to meet its compliance regulations. A partner team had the contract to deliver a host of services with regards to the audit but was unable to perform aspects of the Information Assurance component.

The Solution

After being screened by the bank, BlackStream deployed Certified Ethical Hackers to perform exploits on Internet facing devices to determine the bank’s risk exposure. The effort included:

  • Scanning the bank’s public IP space
  • Fingerprinting the bank’s devices in their footprint
  • Researching known vulnerabilities
  • Document grinding

The Results

We produced a deliverable for the client that not only provided critical information on the exposure level for their Internet presence, but also that contained intelligence gathered through open sources about other avenues that attackers may want to approach them. The client was so impressed by the findings and additional data we provided, they have retained us again for retesting of remediated findings as well as network architecture reviews of their wireless deployment.