Although enterprise users face the largest financial threats from cyber crime, the potential market for ForensicsID products consists of anyone who uses a Windows PC.

I N V E S T O R S

Two of the fastest growing trends in the technology sector are 
cyber situational awareness (Cyber SA) and web services.

A major thrust and vital trend in the software technology sector is cyber situational awareness or cyber SA. A concept rooted in the military, Cyber SA applies the concept of situational awareness (a far-reaching, global vantage point from which information is gathered and processed to enable intelligent decision-making) to the cyber world, and cyber SA requires new tools that can provide the overview necessary to protect an organization’s digital assets in today’s increasingly hostile environment. Moreover, securing Web 2.0 applications and web services represents a significant business opportunity in both government and commercial markets. Our technologies are positioned to optimize these compelling revenue opportunities.

Cyber SA is an initiative being adopted by the U.S. Intelligence and DOD Communities as a methodology to replace current platforms that rely on educated “guesswork" rather than on fact-based data to establish the nature of a threat and an appropriate response to it. Cyber SA is the emerging strategy of government and enterprise organizations seeking to keep pace with the significant and rapidly growing challenges of cyber security.

In 2001, Howard Schmidt, a Microsoft security expert testifying before Congress, laid out the problem in no uncertain terms, citing specific incidents that have resulted in billions of dollars worth of damage and admitting that "there is no single or comprehensive solution and there will always be more to do." In the years since, it has gotten far worse, as cyber criminals have operated with impunity with little risk of detection or prosecution. The problem has become pandemic in scope and severity and now represents a very real threat to the security of the United States and its allies.

Web 2.0 applications and web services, led by Microsoft .NET, is a rapidly emerging trend whereby software applications are provided as an online service. ACSI's first products were developed to seamlessly integrate with .NET, as well as with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). This design takes maximum advantage of WMI's "sensor-capable" architecture to enable state-of-the-art real-time digital forensics, enabling real-time, intelligent decision-making.

ACSI’s Real-Time Forensics and Federated Situational Awareness (Federated SA) take it to a viable level of critical decision making. Our Cyber SA platform is designed to drastically reduce and manage indicators and incident response time as well as to detect and monitor intruders, collect forensics, intelligence and volatile data, and build a "chain of custody" to assist in law enforcement. Intelligence agents and analysts are empowered to help deter or prevent future attacks and collect verifiable intelligence. Another key concept involves the centralization of security monitoring via a security dashboard to minimize the response time when an intrusion occurs, providing a comprehensive overview enabling true cyber SA. Until now, these solutions have been costly and only been available at the enterprise or “edge” level, rather than at the Windows PC host and domain levels.