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Kortex Software is a leading provider of information security software and services with specific expertise in conducting information system Certification and Accreditations (C&A's), defining and implementing security policies and procedures, and evaluating the effectiveness of information security implementations.

COMPLETE OMB & FISMA C&A SOLUTION: Kortex Software can help solve your Certification and Assessment requirements with the industry's first software solution developed specifically to guide users step by step through the system certification process following the guidelines in the recently released NIST SP 800-37 "Guide for the Security Certification and Accreditation of Federal Information Systems". Our Kortex C&A™ software solution reduces that time and costs to conduct C&A's, and meets all requirements of GAO, OMB, and FISMA for conducting C&A's.

Kortex Software is recognized for providing "total security solutions" that satisfy the problems of Government and private industry. Kortex's goal is to maintain an uncompromising commitment to excellence through a teaming approach that highlights the skills and talents of its staff, teaming partners, and clients.

Kortex products include:

Kortex C&A™

• Automating the entire C&A process as defined in NIST SP 800-37
• Guiding the assessor step by step through a C&A with simple well defined tasks
• Assisting in the categorization of your information systems according to FIPS 199 and SP 800-60 guidelines
• Providing a consistent and repeatable method for conducting C&A's across multiple systems even when using different teams of consultants
• Allowing for the reuse of C&A results for similar agency information systems and taking advantage of "economies of scale"
• Formatting standard reports that can then be modified by the user to meet agency specific requirements
• Giving a better understanding of the security risks to agency authorizing officials

• Introducing Kortex Knowledge, our security policy development software.

• Kortex Insight™ provides an in-depth review of your information security solutions including physical security, technical security (effectiveness of the security software such as firewall, virus checkers, IDS implementations), policies, procedures, and training. Both cost analysis and technical analysis of your program is evaluated and provided in a series of reports that real actions can be based on.