The GOAL of Security

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by Ron Woerner Do you know THE Goal of your organization?  Why does it exist? What’s its purpose? Even if you work for a “security company,” its main goal is not security (or at least it shouldn’t be).  I know that this sounds like sacrilege, but its not.   The main goal of most private sector [...]

Case of the Found USB Thumb Drive

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by James Costello It was a dark and stormy… All right, it was a sunny morning in April when the first event to inspire this article occurred. I was walking back to my car after dropping off my daughter at school. As I walked around to the driver side I noticed a battered USB thumb [...]

Minefield of Bananas

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by Jeff Kirsch As adults we like to have some sense of order. We get into a routine; get up at the same time, take the same route to and from work, eat our meals, and head to bed all on a schedule. Sure, we like to think we add some randomness to our lives [...]

Pet Risks – A New View of Risk Management

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by Ron Woerner “Seven out of ten companies overspend on IT expenses without improving security or becoming compliant.”  Computerworld What causes this phenomenon? One would think that overspending on security would be a good thing.  It’s not.  Overspending in some areas causes underspending in others that may have greater value to the business.  This practice [...]

Pet Risks – A New View of Risk Management

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by Ron Woerner “7 out of 10 companies overspend on IT expenses without improving security or becoming compliant.”  Computerworld What causes this phenomenon? One would think that overspending on security would be a good thing.  It’s not.  Overspending in some areas causes underspending in others that may have greater value to the business.  This practice [...]

Michael Santarcangelo Interviewed at Microsoft Small Business Summit (Segment 2)

Join Michael Santarcangelo as he reveals essentials for businesses to protect their information. Michael was a featured guest at the Microsoft Small Business Summit to share strategies from his book, Into the Breach: Protect Your Business by Managing People, Information and Risk. In this second segment, Michael continues the explanation of the steps businesses must [...]

Michael Santarcangelo Interviewed at Microsoft Small Business Summit (Segment 1)

Join Michael Santarcangelo as he reveals essentials for businesses to protect their information. Michael was a featured guest at the Microsoft Small Business Summit to share strategies from his book, Into the Breach: Protect Your Business by Managing People, Information and Risk. In this segment, Michael discusses the impact of security breaches, the hidden damages [...]

The key to successful organizational change

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By Trish Smith The recent activity in the economy has brought to the public’s attention some controversial issues regarding how organizations change (or in this case, how they don’t). The 700 billion dollar bailout (just for a start) of the financial and automotive industries has focused the spotlight on a very specific issue in the [...]