ArcGIS Cloud Security Assessment GCS is a Geospatial Information Technology Services Company

ArcGIS Cloud Security Consulting Services that meet the needs of customers, from individuals to large organizations

Security is the highest priority at GCS. GCS is committed to delivering ArcGIS Security IT services that meet the needs of customers, from individuals to large organizations.

In the cloud, security and compliance is a shared responsibility between the cloud vendor and customer. As the AWS Shared Responsibly Model states: cloud providers are responsible for security “OF” the cloud; while customers are responsible for security “IN” the cloud. GCS facilitates security design and assessment for customers “Security in the Cloud.” GCS follows Esri and native cloud vendor security best practices.

GCS Cloud Security Service Offerings

ArcGIS Cloud Security System Assessment: 2-Week Agenda

Timeline – Delivered within 2 weeks of start of engagement

Cost: $2,500 (Estimated)

Week One Agenda

Meet to determine primary security requirements
Agreement on requirements
Start on preliminary assessment and system review
Hands-on system review
Review/feedback on preliminary security assessment
Agreement on preliminary security assessment

Week Two Agenda

Start final assessment
Continue hands-on system review
Review/feedback on final assessment
Meeting to present final assessment

Deliverable: ArcGIS Cloud Security Assessment Document

The 2-Week Assessment will include and/or consider:

Review current Enterprise security plan
Review current security system design
Proposed changes to security system design
Assess geospatial and non-spatial data, platform, applications, identity, access management, operating system, network & firewall configurations related to ArcGIS best practices and customer requirements.
Recommended ArcGIS best practices
Web Application Firewall (WAF), Malware protection, Intrusion Detection System (IDS) assessments
System monitoring by cloud-native services and ArcGIS Monitor assessments
Log data monitoring with SIEM cloud-native services and third party vendors such as Splunk
Change management process, contingency planning, and risk management
Application, system, and database vulnerability scans
AWS implementations: IAM, Inspector, Macie, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, CloudTrail assessment
SOC Reports
Options for third-party penetration testing and planning

Cloud Managed Services

GCS manages your GIS cloud’s activities, such as change requests, monitoring, patch management, security, and backup services, and provides full life-cycle services to provision, run, and support your infrastructure. GCS monitors and assesses your cloud assets and resources for misconfigurations and non-standard deployments.

As ArcGIS certified professionals, GCS uses industry standard tools for assessing and maintaining the viability of ArcGIS Enterprise implementations such as ArcGIS Monitor.

Cloud Certified Professionals

GCS’s team is comprised of certified ArcGIS and cloud professionals who are solution architects, system integrators, native cloud developers, data scientists, and professional project managers.