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We take a systemic view of every project. We work with the technology pieces, and also with the underlying data and the people that will use it. These fundamentals—technology, data, and people—are all part of the equation for success.
Some consulting firms focus on just one of these fundamental areas, or look at them as separate silos. This approach puts the burden back on the client to bring things together in the end. NCG is different. We make sure that all areas with their interrelationships are covered and provide a complete solution.
Effective Cybersecurity programs reach across a very wide range of technical, administrative, operational, environmental considerations—making it challenging for organizations to get their arms around everything. Successful programs not only track what is accomplished or in process, but also helps people across the organization know what to do next and what is coming down the road. Cybersecurity programs need to provide ways for management and leadership to understand their current security posture and where to target attention. The program should help to evolve how things happen on a day-to-day basis to foster security in the corporate culture.
Learn more about Cybersecurity & Privacy ProgramsMergers & Acquisitions can be transformative allowing organizations to capture new markets and differentiate themselves from the competition. Realizing these objectives needs supports from nearly all parts of the organization. We help our clients from due diligence, to integration, organizational alignment and business process transitions. Having successfully managed over 30 deals in the past 10 years, we have developed tools to help people collaborate, plan, work, and oversee efforts.
Learn more about Mergers & AcquisitionsConnecting technology, data, and people can provide incredible value to an organization. This is accomplished by taking the time to understand the roles and responsibilities of each and the process that need to be followed. Planning, preparation, and testing are needed to manage implementations and minimize the chance of any negative impacts. Communications, training, and support are needed to manage integration efforts with those directly and indirectly impacted by the changes. Once implementation is accomplished, the new capabilities should be validated to ensure they are performing as intended.
Learn more about System IntegrationWe take a systemic view of every project. We work with the technology pieces, and also with the underlying data and the people that will use it.
These fundamentals— technology, data, and people— are all part of the equation for success.
Some consulting firms focus on just one of these fundamental areas, or look at them as separate silos. This approach puts the burden back on the client to bring things together in the end. NCG is different. We make sure that all areas with their interrelationships are covered and provide a complete solution.
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Tracking and ensuring compliance with a myriad of different requirements constructs can be very challenging. It takes familiarity with regulations and other guidance, along with the ability to engage with all different facets of the organization to make sure there is and continues to be alignment. These efforts need to span operations, solutioning, and management functions balancing conformance with business objectives. We help our clients design and operationalize frameworks to oversee these efforts and capture measurements and validation to demonstrate compliance. We provide tools to engage and support people across the enterprise to support compliance efforts as they do things needed to run the business.
Learn more about Compliance & OversightProactive risk management is the most effective way for organizations to be prepared for and minimize the impact of adverse events. Effective Risk Management provides an ongoing set of processes that help people across and organization understand what could impact them and what is in place to mitigate those things from happening. It helps the organization make better judgements on when and where to investment in improvement and actions, providing prioritization for sound business decisions.
Learn More about Risk ManagementNCG helps organizations integrate and craft safety programs. We help them get their arms around the comms pieces, data integration, task management, and supporting decisions at the people level on a day-to-day basis. And then help them implement and operationalize those components. We start with what’s in place for safety and develop a roadmap to tailor functions to the enterprise and demonstrate compliance.
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CMMC is a new Department of Defense (DoD) process that ensures all suppliers in the Defense Industrial Base have a base level of cybersecurity capabilities. DoD is planning to include CMMC requirements in RFPs starting in late 2020.
Organizational program development starts with designing a framework that fits the company’s current structures and composition, its industry, and the particular markets served.
The middle of an incident is not what you want your people figuring out what to do and how to do it. Establishing processes and tools can help organizations reduce recovery time and mitigate incidents altogether.
Agile methods help move efforts along and address situations where the final target is not completely defined from the start. Efforts need to be guided by balanced consideration of costs, timeframes and quality to get the desired results.
BCP/DR frameworks need to be crafted from the specific needs of the organization to continue its support and delivery to customers in the face of a range of negative factors and time frames.
Analytics and data management require structures and frameworks for control and currency, but they also need creativity and an understanding of the business to maximize value.
Companies in highly regulated industries need to ensure compliance with regulations and conformance with applicable industry standards. These capabilities should be engineered to both fit the organization and adapt as it moves forward.
Vendor management starts with initial vetting and negotiations but must continue across all facets of the vendor relations, including oversight and governance of the vendor’s activities outside of their direct interaction with your organization.
A positive corporate culture drives the day-to-day effectiveness and efficiency of efforts and helps increase the likelihood of the organization to handle unexpected events or incidents.
Complex system deployments with stringent timeframes, service levels, and interface breadth require robust orchestration and incident management across a range of stakeholders.
Policies and Procedures are the way organizations codify what they want done and how they want that accomplished. Effective Policies and Procedures are crafted to the specific composition and functions of the organization.
System Blueprinting is important for platform migrations, conversions, and transitions in helping manage all aspects of the system to avoid impacts.