Re: Pentesting for a startup IT company?

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I suggest you study existing IT Security companies - what/how/why they do.
Here's a compiled list of IT security companies:
http://yehg.net/hwd/?id=c&go=88

Sorry for marketing my link.

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:20 AM, Ghazaleh, Michael SGT MIL USA
OSD<michael.ghazaleh () us army mil> wrote:
> All,
>
>  I am in the process of starting an IT Company which will primarily service the small business sector with a wide 
> variety of IT services. Initially, we will be offering mostly support/administrative functions for Microsoft 
> platforms, but my passion is networking (I am a cisco guy first and foremost..), and security- although I am 
> relatively new to the security arena. I'm all about doing things the right way, and not taking shortcuts. That being 
> said, would anyone think it'd be out of my league to study up, and begin offering low-level basic security audits for 
> small businesses to gain experience and build business? I am not trying to do an enterprise audit, or anything out of 
> my league, but think I could manage something for a small business as it relates to basic testing, patches, 
> vulnerability's, etc. I would appreciate any advice you all can provide. I've been lurking on the list for a while 
> and have learned a lot. Thanks guys.
>
> Mike Ghazaleh
>
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