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E-Discovery: Stick ‘em Up

– This column is not strictly about information security, although IS has a role to play. Rather, it is covers a topic that should be of significant interest to the people normally concerned with IS – information technology, compliance, and especially the CFO and the CFO. First, a disclaimer. The…

Security Buzzword Bingo

– I’ve had the opportunity to travel to various security conferences and product demonstrations over the years. Lately in order to continue paying attention to a lot of these presenters, I’ve had to play the game Buzzword Bingo. Everyone should remember the game Bingo, where all the players…

Provisioning: Security’s First Step to Measuring Organizational Impact

– Security is often accused, occasionally with merit, of being an obstacle to an organization’s business. While the drumbeat of cyber threats has at least raised the technology risk consciousness of many business managers, security professionals still have the challenge of quantifying how big an…

IT and Infosec Insourcing: Could You Do It If You Wanted To?

– There was an article by Timothy Aeppel on the front page of the June 13, 2008 issue of The Wall Street Journal with the title “Stung by Soaring Transport Cost, Factories Bring Jobs Home Again” (subscription required). The article is about manufacturers bringing back some of their…

In Praise of the Information Security Checklist

– This is much anger and venom spit when the subject of the information security checklist is brought up. At one point in my career I looked at the checklist in disdain figuring that only people who do not understand the true depths of a subject relied on checklists as a crutch in place of…