Into the Breach – Audio Series – Chapter 12 (Final Thoughts: Courage to Act)

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Welcome to the continuation of the Into the Breach: Protect Your Business by Managing People, Information and Risk audio series. (Click this link) to learn more about this how this book solves today’s challenges and pick up a complete copy. This series, underwritten by Configuresoft, now part of EMC, is the full and unabridged audio [...]

Boost Your Security Career

I routinely listen to the challenges, observe the trends and think about the skills, aptitudes and attitudes for career success. But I also view this as an effort to serve as the catalyst for multiple ideas, experiences and challenges of the entire community.

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Into the Breach – Audio Series – Chapter 11 (Outsource with Security and Success)

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Welcome to the continuation of the Into the Breach: Protect Your Business by Managing People, Information and Risk audio series. (Click this link) to learn more about this how this book solves today’s challenges and pick up a complete copy. This series, underwritten by Configuresoft, now part of EMC, is the full and unabridged audio [...]

Guest Post: Why and How to Invest in Yourself

This is a guest post from Jill Van Zelfden  - a friend of our practice and a passionate professional. Initially connected through twitter, our conversations have demonstrated her zeal for our field, as well as her insights. When I offered the Catalyst Career Compass – Jill jumped at the opportunity and captured this post as [...]

Identity Management Series – HR as a Source of Record Part 1: Overview and Approach

We’ve talked a lot about the importance of the HR system to identity management. Without the right integration between identity management and HR, there is no hope for any sort of automation or data reliability. Unfortunately, it’s not as easy as simply building a connector between the two systems. The HR system itself is an [...]

Into the Breach Audio Book Chapter 10: Reducing the Cost of Compliance

Welcome to the continuation of the Into the Breach: Protect Your Business by Managing People, Information and Risk audio series. (Click this link) to learn more about this how this book solves today’s challenges and pick up a complete copy. This series, underwritten by Configuresoft, now part of EMC, is the full and unabridged audio [...]

Into the Breach – Audio Series – Chapter 9 (Extending the Conversation: Rewards Beyond Protecting Information)

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Welcome to the continuation of the Into the Breach: Protect Your Business by Managing People, Information and Risk audio series. (Click this link) to learn more about this how this book solves today’s challenges and pick up a complete copy. This series, underwritten by Configuresoft, now part of EMC, is the full and unabridged audio [...]

Leading from the Front: Casting Vision – The Foundation of Effectively Disrupting the Organization

By Martin Fisher Think back to the best leader you’ve ever followed. For me, it was my Professor of Military Science when I was in ROTC during my college stint. Look at him and at first you’d see him as an “average” Army officer. He’d had a bunch of good assignments, some not so good [...]

Data Cleanup Part 2: Other UserIDs

By: Ioana Bazavan Justus Did last month’s exercise of mapping primary userIDs kill you? Is it still killing you? Unless a number of full-time resources were allocated on a project basis, the cleanup for a large organization can easily take months to complete so if you’re still working on it, don’t worry – you’re not [...]

Data Cleanup Part 1: Primary UserIDs

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Welcome to the February issue of Identity Management in 13 Easy Steps. In most parts of the country the weather is cold and dreary, and what better weather for an ID cleanup? So roll up the sleeves, find the glasses, and brew a lot of extra-strong coffee – it’s time to tackle those primary userIDs. [...]