C O N T A V A : SECURING THE FUTURE T
BY NERISSA MCNAUGHTON
hink of the word “security.” Are you imagining a guard or police officer, perhaps an alarm system, closed circuit camera or an electronic lock on a door? Behind those commonly imagined security devices are computers, software and networks which enable these people to do their jobs. This is where CONTAVA comes in. “We provision and administer the IT infrastructure and software necessary to collect security data and apply the security rules decided upon by management. We monitor the network, look at the security devices and ensure, 24 hours a day, security is playing its role in protecting businesses assets. We are the behind-the-scenes part of what makes a business secure,” explains CONTAVA president Curtis Nikel. CONTAVA does business in the security vertical of information technology. “The opportunity which I saw,” says Nikel, “was that the information technology (IT) departments within companies were being asked to take the lead on the procurement and the administration of security technologies. This made perfect sense as most companies IT infrastructure existed amongst all of their properties. Armed with the request to procure security, IT departments then began to search for partners
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who could explain how security devices would behave on their networks and what the configurations would look like. Further, they needed to ensure these technologies would meet the needs of the security department and allow them to apply those security rules mentioned earlier. Understanding that IT knows best
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