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2308, 2013

Schnuck’s Might Be in Big Security and Insurance Trouble, Can the Same Be in Store for Your Firm?

By |August 23rd, 2013|IT Management, IT Planning, Security|Comments Off on Schnuck’s Might Be in Big Security and Insurance Trouble, Can the Same Be in Store for Your Firm?

Is it better to insure than secure?  Maybe not.  You better dust off those old insurance policies that most of us look at all too infrequently.  Schnucks has been notified by their insurance carrier that they don’t plan to cover them for the lawsuits.

The problem that likely exists with your current insurance policy is that they were designed and sold in a pre-Internet era.  Data is not considered....

1608, 2013

Internet Security Threat Report 2013

By |August 16th, 2013|Healthcare, IT Management, IT Planning, Security|Comments Off on Internet Security Threat Report 2013

Creating successful targeted attacks requires attackers to learn about us. They will research our email addresses, our job, our professional interests, and even the conferences we attend and the websites we frequent. All of this information is compiled to launch a successful targeted attack. Once on our devices, the attacker’s tools are designed to pull as much data as possible. Undiscovered targeted attacks can collect years of our email, files, and contact information.

907, 2013

Organizations Lacking IT Management Succession Plans Are a Symptom of a Greater Problem

By |July 9th, 2013|IT Management, IT Planning, Security|Comments Off on Organizations Lacking IT Management Succession Plans Are a Symptom of a Greater Problem

Whether or not you have an IT succession plan has more to do with the ethics and professional confidence of your IT management than anything else.  It is true that some IT organizations are just [...]

1906, 2013

Don’t Take Your Privacy for Granted – 13,000 Requests for User Data

By |June 19th, 2013|Healthcare, IT Management, IT Planning, Security|Comments Off on Don’t Take Your Privacy for Granted – 13,000 Requests for User Data

I am again reading another story about the NSA.  This one is from ZDNet titled, Yahoo Reveals US Government Made 13,000 Requests for User Data. I am finding myself struggling with a solid opinion on [...]

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