Network Engineering

One of Dnutch's key pillars of competence is Network Engineering.  The backbone of any system whether legacy, new, or both is the network architecture.   The core of the network and the reference models that they are based on constitute the backbone of any network given the dissimilar system that reside on the network.  Many of Dnutch's key competencies are centered on network infrastructure and the many components and transport methods that are part of a network.   Any reference model that takes into account the key protocols that transport information across a network is comprised of networking standards that work together as a complete system.  Dnutch's diverse experience with transport protocols along with the hardware that runs this traffic lets Dnutch provide its client with enterprise class design and support services.
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Our practice includes: 
• Network Architecture and Planning
• Application Data flow mapping on the network
• Physical Hardware interrelationship block flows
• Cost optimization for performance of applications
Network Integration, Interoperability and Performance
• Equipment verification testing for use within a specific network
• Hardware and Software verification testing for both specification and scaling

• Network Management
• Software review and interoperation with both existing and planned hardware
• Network Simulation & Modeling
• Scale testing and verification of control and reporting requirements

Information Assurance:
The protection of information and its critical elements is essential in the implementation of information technology (IT) and is rapidly maturing and growing as a discipline. We develop security policies and plans, investigate security vulnerabilities, and develop architectures, systems, and techniques to protect information resources from attack and exploitation.
Our practice includes:

• Information Security
o Security Requirements
o Security policy development
o Threat Assessment
o Security CONOPS

• Business Rules for Security
o Business rules definition
o Security policy development
o Security Training

• Systems Architecture
o Network security
o Applications security
o Database security
o Web security
o Net centricity and security

• Certification and Accreditation (C&A)
o DOD C&A Process: DIACAP
o FISMA
o Security audit
o Risk analysis

• Cross domain security solutions
o Multilevel Secure Platforms
o Guard Systems

Independent Verification and Validation:

The need for clients to hire and place independent review and assessment professionals on IT programs has become one of the most significant features in the market today. This initiative is not only a safeguard to ensure accurate and timely performance of the IT program objectives, it also verifies and validates that the correct solution was designed, the correct strategy was considered, the right hardware and integration was acquired all culminating in robust interoperability of the system and peace of mind of the client.

Our Practice includes:

• A) Software Development Lifecycle
o Assessing coding effort and comparing progress to plan.
o Assessing coding compliance
o Mapping requirements relative to work performed
o Configuration Management
o Software Testability Evaluation
• B) Project Management Lifecycle
o Program / project assessment
o Earned value
o Project schedule control
• C) Software Quality Assurance
o Verification of third party test results
o Verification of in-house test results
o Verification of test plans
o Verification of test metrics
o Design reviews for regression testing
• D) Software Architecture
o System Architecture and overall system process flow
o Integration of third party application – Legacy or New
Software Performance and Duration Analysis