Business Plan for XYZ Pvt. Ltd.: IT Security and Forensics Services

This report details a business plan for XYZ Pvt. Ltd., an IT Security and Forensics Services and Consulting business. The plan includes an executive summary, business and company descriptions, a mission statement, goals and objectives, and a financial plan. It outlines required resources such as associations and memberships, industry websites, and operational procedures. The plan also covers continued education, hardware and software requirements, and relevant references. The company aims to provide IT security and forensic services by leveraging emerging technologies and addressing the growing need for digital forensic expertise, investigating digital media, solving crimes, and helping companies and individuals recover lost data. The plan emphasizes the importance of networking, advertising, and continuous professional development to ensure the business's success in the competitive IT landscape. The report also highlights the necessity of appropriate software and hardware to manage the business efficiently and effectively, and to ensure the provision of high-quality services to clients.

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Executive Summary
The main purpose of the business is to focus on the IT Security and Forensic services and
consulting business as this is part of the Information Technology which is an integral part of the
life of a human, where age does not matter. With great extend the businesses have exploited the
Technology of Information for productivity and with time it increases or decreases. The XYZ Pvt.
Ltd. has materialized its vision through the IT Security and Forensics services and faced the
challenges that the system compromise. In this paper, there will be a business plan which contains
the description of the business and the company followed by the mission statement, goals and
objective and has financial plans. In the resource section, the paper will discuss the industrial
website; procedures continued educational plan and the hardware and software requirement.

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Table of Contents
Business Plan.....................................................................................................................................3
Business Description.....................................................................................................................3
Company Description....................................................................................................................3
Mission Statement.........................................................................................................................4
Goals and Objective......................................................................................................................4
Financial Plan................................................................................................................................4
Resources..........................................................................................................................................4
Associations and Memberships.....................................................................................................4
Industry Websites..........................................................................................................................6
Procedures.....................................................................................................................................7
Continued Education Plan.............................................................................................................7
Hardware Requirement.................................................................................................................7
Software Requirement...................................................................................................................8
References.........................................................................................................................................9

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Business Plan
Business Description
The IT Security and Forensic services and consulting business for the XYZ Pvt. Ltd. have
highly developed and has adopted the emerging technologies and spends more time processing
the business efficiently. Due to the high break-ins of computer and also data breaches, the digital
forensic experts for the business need arises (Behr, Negus & Street, 2017). The IT Security and
Forensics services and consulting business can be started by investigating and analyzing the
digital media through which the data can be discovered and recover that is stored on the digital
devices. The professional mostly has to solve the crimes. Mostly civil courts use digital evidence
to solve the crime. Evidence could be gathered by employing large corporations to use computers,
and that has not authorized the policy of the company (Cole et al., 2015). The expert gets hired by
recovering the data that are stored on the digital devices by companies and individuals who losses
the information that is stored.
Company Description
XYZ Pvt. Ltd. is an IT Security and Forensics Services and Consulting business located in
the United States. The corporation has multiple members and presently at the startup stage. The
company gather evidence on an employee who uses the digital media and computers that are not
authorized by the policy of the company (Schofield, 2016). The company solve the crime and
increases its witness in social sites and help in investigating online about the crime (Rogers,
2016). The company helps in identifying the cyber threats and respond to it before any serious
damage.

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Mission Statement
The company XYZ Pvt. Ltd. facilitate its business through the support of IT Security and
Forensics Services. There will be regular updates for network infrastructure and the application
infrastructure.
Goals and Objective
The main aim of this business plan is to set up the IT Security and Forensics Services and
Consulting for the XYZ Pvt. Ltd. Our objective is to determine the best structure of the business.
Designing a website for the IT security and Forensic services and consulting business for the
XYZ Pvt. Ltd. In future, we are going to work with the lawyers, financial institutes, and
government agencies.
Financial Plan
The increase in fraud incidences increases the need for CPAs and document the financial
fraud that provides fundamental knowledge of reporting, legal system, and gather information
from forensic accountant’s professional (Wang, Lee & Crumbley, 2016). It is important to
understand the working of the business and accordingly organize the financial arrangement of the
business to achieve the goal of the company with the use of latest technology. Proper insurance is
needed to acquire to purchase equipment, office supplies and software that are very much helpful
in running the business. For office space, the business needs to be rented.
Resources
Associations and Memberships
Associates are one of the core needs of any organization, and hence the selection of the
most appropriate ones is of core need. The discussed section aims at identifying the associates and

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members of the IT security and forensic services of the firm at discussion (Davies et al., 2018).
Lost data need to recover small businesses, or it also secures information that is held on digital
devices. The company require a digital forensics services professional for the XYZ Pvt. Ltd. The
associate and the members that are included are:
 Lawyers in the discussed firm are one of the core associates of the firm as they are the
ones who hold responsibility for keeping the firm within the legal and regulatory
framework of the Governing bodies of the country, state, city, organization and other
authority bodies (Urias, Young & Hatcher, 2018).
 Agencies of Law enforcement are the members of the IT security and forensic services
that devise laws that are updated in nature and holds responsibility for making the firms
abide by the law to ensure an IT associated sustainable future for all.
 Clients are the associates of the firm in the discussion as they are the ones who purchase
the services offered by the firm and would help the firm in maintaining their operations
and hence are a core associates.
 Libraries here refers to the database of the firm (it can be internal or external), and they
are designated with the responsibility for holding all the information that is associated
with the subject and its clients (Pathak, Pathak, & Gupta, 2015). The data in the discussion
include the client’s information, organizational information, financial audit reports and
other prominent data.
 Private investigators are the associates of the firms who visits and investigates the flaws
and errors in the client’s system and other resources of the client (Kouwena et al., 2018).
Sometimes to ease the operation of the firm, the firms outsource their operations and
investigation is one of such operations.

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 Analysts are the ones who specialize in analyzing the audit reports of the client’s systems
and servers to assist the experts in devising a strategy for the security of the system. They
also analyze other data that are associated with the client’s environment to offer assistance
in the devising of the strategy.
 IT experts are the most prominent associates of the firm as they are the ones who devise a
strategy for the security of the client’s system & server (Akhunzada et al., 2015). They are
also responsible for communicating with the clients as part of the consultancy process.
All of the above member associates are the core member and associates of the IT security
and Forensic services. However, they are not the only associates, and members as the
management team, marketing team, accounting team, the suppliers and others similar associates
are also there.
Industry Websites
The industry website needs to have an advertising site. The website will represent the
business. The business has to connect with the sites like LinkedIn, Facebook Workspace, and
Twitter and lot more as this links are the social media that are helpful in connecting with the
public. Though it should be noted that the main purpose of the website is to promote the services
offered by XYZ. However, it should not be limited to it. The website should also offer the clients
to login to the system so that they can avail e-commerce services and cite their compliance and
feedback that will assist the firm to grow. Other capabilities can also be included in the website
such as blogging, discussion and other that can be of assistance in developing a healthy
environment for the firm and will also improve its goodwill among its associates.

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Procedures
To start the business, advertising would be the best way to start with a small investment.
There is a need of business cards and letterhead with the business name, contact information,
address printed on the site, and the company has to start to connect with businesses that could
send out letters of introduction (Akhunzada et al., 2016). The company need to start meeting
people and create a networking area. For the business to start the best thing that needs to do is to
introduce about oneself and shake hands and kick-start the IT security and Forensic services and
consulting business. The business of IT security and Forensic services and consulting business
can grow more with some patience, diligence and skills of the people.
Continued Education Plan
For starting the business, the person must have a bachelor’s degree in digital forensics and
background in computer science with proper certifications, education and experience. The person
should obtain professional certification in law, finance, criminal justice or computer science
(Lomazzi, 2016). This education background can help in specializing in the business niche.
Hardware Requirement
There is a requirement of some a computer system with which a large storage capacity of
the network server is included. The server can manage, administer and document the cases,
manage specialist hardware and store various tools of software. The hardware managed devices
that include CopyPro floppy disk readers, Rimage CD production units, and printers. The sized
data evidentiary copy is written to a DVD or CD. The internet drive to be used for sharing and
finding forensics information and techniques and forensics professionals for communicating.

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Software Requirement
The forensic software packages that are of standard packages include Data Restoration and
Recovery Tool, Indexing Tool for Media Content, Antivirus Program, Analysis and Packet
Capturing Tool, File Viewers for Open Source, Programming languages, Data Decryption and
Password Recovery Tool, Different Operating System, Forensic Disk Imaging Tool, and Registry
Rebuilding Application. These products are expensive. It requires a dongle to manage the work.
The product needs to be upgraded annually for which a fund has to be allocated. There are
software tools that are freeware while most of them are not. Not all tools perform the forensic
acquisition job, reporting and analysis. The library for forensic software tool grows extensively.
The additional requirement of standard operating software includes operating systems, LAN
software, graphics software, administrative software and more which need to be occasionally
upgraded. The upgrade of software acquisition is smaller than the hardware.

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