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The Cloud and SMBs

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The Cloud and SMBs

Before I talk about the issues and aspects of migrating to enterprise cloud services, we should first appreciate the fact that the cloud is here to stay. Gartner recently released a survey where they predict that the PC will be replaced by Personal Cloud by 2014. Add the already existing cloud-based services like Chrome books and iCloud, and you soon realize that Cloud Computing is not going away; in fact, it is the already crashing wave of the future.

Corporate IT, ...

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16
MAR
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Categories: Advice & Insights, Control Related, Governance Related, Opinions, Read, Risk Related

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Announcing Social Riskology!

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Announcing Social Riskology!

We know that social networking is an important part of today’s connected lifestyles. We are all increasingly connected through social platforms designed to disseminate information freely and swiftly. The benefits of which are realized by millions daily, many more each day. Social networking has changed the world, brought people together in common purpose and established communities where there were none.

As with many scientific advancements, when the rate of change is rapid, important questions go unanswered.

Over the past few years, how ...

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5
FEB
2

Categories: Industry News, Read, Risk Related

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Stuxnet: Anatomy of a Computer Virus

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Stuxnet: Anatomy of a Computer Virus

Check out the video below about Stuxnet – the first open-source weaponized virus designed to take down a nuclear reactor. It is an excellent example of the security risk present in our power and utilities systems.

Thank you to Chris Branch for sending me the link to this video.

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14
JAN
0

Categories: Risk Related, Tune In, Watch

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Privacy by Design

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Privacy by Design

Recently I had the opportunity to attend the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington D.C. where along with Karriem Shakoor, Dave Dobrotka and Vicki Kamenova we led a discussion of privacy in relation to the use of personal mobile devices in a corporate setting.

While there it was impossible to avoid the new buzz term, Privacy by Design, it was similar to attending RSA in 2010 and trying to escape a discussion on cloud computing – good luck. Privacy by design ...

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12
JAN
0

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HIPAA Audits Move Forward

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HIPAA Audits Move Forward

First 20 Organizations Getting Site Visits

Howard Anderson
January 6, 2012

It’s official: The new HIPAA compliance audit program has begun. The 20 organizations selected for the initial test phase of the program are preparing for site visits in the coming weeks, federal regulators confirm. After that, about 130 more organizations will face audits later this year.

For those who believed that the audits would focus only on larger organizations, security consultant Mac McMillan has some news: That’s not the case. McMillan is ...

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6
JAN
0

Categories: Control Related, Industry News, Read

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Cloud Service Catalog

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Cloud Service Catalog

A comment I heard a few weeks ago made me chuckle: “We don’t use any cloud services in our organization.” Yeah…right. The reality of most organizations is that cloud services are being sponsored by business teams and often times without IT involvement or awareness. This highlights both the significant advantages of cloud services (e.g., low initial costs, ease of deployment, speed to market) as well as current issues (e.g., a wild-wild-west of application deployment, lack of integration to existing ...

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6
JAN
1

Categories: Governance Related, Opinions, Read

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