SkyView Partners announced this week it is already starting to take reservations for its 2010 Security Checkup and consulting program.

The SkyView Security Checkup is a consulting service designed to provide businesses with a third party assessment of their systems' security environment.

Users may have read enough about the Payment Card Industry's (PCI) Data Security Standards, SOX, GLBA, HIPAA, and the host of other laws and regulations governing security configuration settings. But did you know that almost every one of them requires a regular vulnerability assessment of your systems' security environment? That is what SkyView Partners Security Checkup is designed to address.

Using SkyView's popular Risk Assessor product to gather the data, the client's systems' security configuration information is passed to SkyView where the company provides an independent, third-party expert review of the findings. The company develops an executive summary along with a detailed list of findings and schedules a conference call with the appropriate staff in the client organization to review the results. The team of experts is lead by security expert Carol Woodbury who is personally involved with each summary to ensure accuracy. SkyView's goal is to evaluate a businesses' security environment, educate its management on why a particular issue represents a security threat, and leave the client organization with an action plan.

The service features the following characteristics:

•           All checkups are done offsite, so SkyView doesn't have to interrupt a company's normal work flow.

•           The checkup represents an independent third-party verification of security, which  auditors appreciate.

•           It gives the business a prioritized list of "next steps" to take with your System i security.

•           It includes a telephone conversation with security expert Carol Woodbury who gets involved in the details of your system and explains what's going on. 

The service also includes a one year subscription to SkyView Risk Assessor for OS/400 and i5/OS. The subscription is renewable annually, with or without the service.

Since there are only a limited number of appointments available, SkyView is scheduling these early so that everyone interested can have an equal chance to participate.

To reserve your place and schedule a preferred time for the security checkup, contact J. D. Seal, vice president, SkyView Partners, Inc at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or phone 425-458-4975 ext 713. For more information on SkyView Partners, visit www.skyviewpartners.com.

SkyView Partners only bills for the SlyView Security Checkup after the service is complete. If someone needs to cancel, SkyView requests clients provide 45 days notice prior to its service date.

About SkyView Partners, Inc.

SkyView Partners, Inc. is committed to delivering security compliance products and services that provide our customers with sound advice that saves them time and reduces the costs and complexities of attaining and maintaining compliance. The company's desire is for SkyView Partners to be known by its customers for its honesty, integrity, and excellent products and services and to be known by its employees as a fair and extremely enjoyable place to work. For more information, write to SkyView Partners, Inc., 25563 SE 41st Court, Issaquah, WA 98029, telephone 425-458-4975, or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

SkyView Partners is dedicated to providing software to help you solve your security compliance and policy issues. SkyView Partners was founded by John Vanderwall and Carol Woodbury. Prior to forming the partnership with Woodbury to focus on developing a security practice, Vanderwall most recently spent several years as a founder of the software division of an AS/400 security firm and served as vice president of sales and marketing. Woodbury worked for 16 years with IBM in Rochester, Minn., and served for more than 10 years as the AS/400 Security Architect and Chief Engineering Manager of Security Technology for IBM's Enterprise Server Group. During this time, Woodbury provided security architecture and design consultations with IBM Business Partners and large AS/400 customers. She is known worldwide as an author and speaker on security technology, specializing in i5/OS and IBM i security issues. Woodbury has published her third book, IBM i and i5/OS Security & Compliance: A Practical Guide from 29th Street Press, has written numerous articles on security, and is a contributing author on security for MCPress Online and other IBM midrange publishers.

Find out whether your system's security configuration is in compliance with your security policies with SkyView Policy Minder. Find out your system's vulnerabilities lie, receive an explanation of the issues and suggestions on where to start with SkyView Risk Assessor. Generate the audit reports you need for security and compliance without having to understand the complexities of the IBM i audit journal with SkyView Audit Journal Reporter . Let SkyView Partners' Support Team install and configure SkyView products and schedule your automated security compliance reports through the SkyView IBM i Security Compliance Solution.