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Who’s In Charge Here? The Problem of Information Security Governance

– A long-time friend of mine recently called with surprising, and sad, news.  “I’ve been laid off due to poor profits,” he said.  “I receive eight-month’s severance.  But if, at the end of eight months, I tell my ex-employer that I’m retired, I’ll get…

Information Security: Orphan of the Org Chart?

– In the 1990s, many Infosec professionals frequently played a game called “Where Do We Belong?” The game consisted of guessing where, on a corporate organization chart, the Information Security (or “Data Security,” as it was often called then) function ideally belonged. Some claimed that…