Piscataway, New Jersey – February 07, 2011 – Bluenog Corporation, an enterprise services and software company that specializes in delivering solutions to meet needs for security, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), business intelligence and Enterprise 2.0 (Portal and Content Management), today announced the creation of its Risk Management & Security Practice, which provides comprehensive services in the design, development, implementation and management of information security solutions. The new practice enables Bluenog Corporation to offer enhanced and uncompromised security IT solutions.

Bluenog’s information security solutions incorporate the industry’s information and technological security standards set forth by U.S. intelligence agencies as well as by U.S. federal regulations in the financial, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.

Bluenog’s Risk Management & Security team will be led by Florindo Gallicchio who has been appointed head of the new practice. Mr. Gallicchio will be responsible for services in five areas comprised of: Risk and Security Vulnerability Assessments; Compliance Remediation; Security Policy and Standards Development; Secure Architecture Design and Development; and Enterprise Security Management Solutions. He will manage Bluenog’s current security solutions, which include technology offerings in identity management, secure access and enterprise security management.

“Bluenog already delivers superior technical solutions and measurable business outcomes to Fortune 1000 companies nationally and internationally,” said Joe Valley, CEO, Bluenog Corporation. “Florindo will contribute to our management team’s expertise, further enhance the security needs required in today’s digital business and deliver the most comprehensive and relevant security solution to our clients.”

Florindo Gallicchio has more than twenty-four years in risk management and information security in the government, commercial and consulting sectors. His area of expertise is in developing security programs to meet strategic business, compliance and tactical technology objectives across multiple corporate verticals. He has established, developed and led risk management and security consulting business practices for two northeast U.S. solutions integrators. He holds the following certifications: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), National Security Agency INFOSEC Assessment Methodology (IAM), and Certified in Homeland Security – Level III (CHS-III). He is a member of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2), the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute (ACFEI), and the U.S. Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association. Prior to joining Bluenog, Florindo was Melillo Consulting’s senior risk management architect in the Risk Management & Security practice, which he established in 2003. He created and delivered comprehensive risk management and security solutions that helped his clients to securely run their business, achieve and maintain compliance to regulatory and industry requirements, and enable their business to more effectively and efficiently use information technology. Each of his solutions, based on well-known standards and frameworks, were designed to tie directly to the client’s IT governance and strategic initiatives, allowing for the seamless integration of controls into operational processes.

About Bluenog Corporation

Bluenog Corp. is an enterprise services and software company that specializes in delivering practical solutions to meet our customers’ needs for security, SOA, business intelligence and Enterprise 2.0.  Leading organizations rely on Bluenog Corp. to deliver enterprise solutions based on leading software technologies.   Bluenog maintains deep technology expertise and broad implementation skills; provides end-to-end consulting capabilities from architecture, best practices and strategy to post implementation needs and keeps all this simple to deliver real business value as quickly and seamlessly as possible. Headquartered in Piscataway, N.J., Bluenog is an Oracle Gold Partner and Reseller. For more information, please visit www.bluenog.com.

Contact:

Florindo Gallicchio

Practice Director, Risk Management & Security

Bluenog Corporation

53 Knightsbridge Rd., 2nd Floor

Piscataway, NJ 08854

Phone:  732.584.2378

Email: florindo.gallicchio@bluenog.com

Twenty-six years ago I embarked on a career that would take me from the person who “stole it” to the person who protects it.  Back then the targets were foreign countries and our mission was to discover, analyze and exploit whatever information we could to gain military and political advantage for the United States.  Our methodology was simple.  Find the weakest link, follow the trail and take what we needed.  Everything was on the table: people, technology, processes.  Sound familiar?  They should be.  They make up the core areas of the foundation of a risk management strategy.  All too often I see companies rely on the technology leg of the triad at the expense of the other two.  In the risk and security assessments I’ve performed over the years I’ve found that, just like in the days of the Cold War, it is entirely too easy to take advantage of this mistake.

There is no correlation between the amount of money you spend on security products to the level of security posture in protecting your assets.  No matter the brand or expense of firewall, identity management, antimalware, virtual private network (VPN) or even encryption, someone – administrator, developer, end-user, whoever – will make the kind of mistake that can bring serious harm to the business.  And it’s a lot easier than you think.

Keep your eye on this blog.  In future posts I will provide plenty of examples, along with recommendations on what to do about the problems you’re doubtlessly facing today.  I’ll even equate business security issues to everyday life situations we all face.  You’d be surprised at just how closely the two are connected.

Bluenog prides itself on being a trusted partner for our clients across a variety of industries, including healthcare, financial services, higher education, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, and retail. We’ve helped our clients with a wide variety of projects, and are one of the few Oracle partners to implement the entire 11g software stack.

Since you’re here, take a few minutes to meet our leadership, read our case studies, and don’t hesitate to get in touch. Check back to our blog regularly, as we’ll be updating this page with best practices, lessons learned, and industry news that we believe you’ll find useful.

- The Bluenog Team

Chris graduated with honors from the University of Minnesota with a BS in computer science. He also participated in executive programs at the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business and at New York University’s Stern School of Business.  He also is the founder and a board member of the O’Malley Foundation, a non-profit organization that grants scholarships to deserving students.

As well, Anthony is chairman of the CIO Institute for the Eastern Technology Council.  He is also a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the Technology Times bi-monthly publication that serves nearly 200,000 business leaders in the Philadelphia region. Anthony is also an Advisory Board member for the Academy in Manayunk, an educational institution for children with learning disabilities. Previously, Anthony was a vice president and the general manager of the enterprise solutions business systems and technology group at Unisys, where he ran the hardware engineering organization, which invented the ES7000, the world’s first Intel mainframe. He is also a board member of the Open Solutions Alliance, a non-profit organization focused on addressing the challenges of business solution interoperability. He received his B.S.E.E. from Drexel University.

Before founding Bluenog, Sastry was a Technical Architect with BEA Systems, helping BEA Professional Services reach new heights in terms of quality consulting and providing customer value. Prior to BEA, Sastry was Technical Director at BroadVision, helping run the Consulting Practice. Sastry holds dual Master degrees in Computer Science and Chemical Engineering from Cleveland State University.