Tag Archives: Information Security Policy

The Cyber Security CIA explained via Calvin and Hobbes

Leave it to my son Kody, who is starting his Cyber Security career to come up with this novel way to explain the CIA triad for Cyber Security. In InfoSec terms, CIA refers to Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. To illustrate … Continue reading

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Why Is It?

Why is it that Internet Crime statistics continue to show that for the criminally inclined internet crime is a very viable and fast growing field? Why is it that millions of dollars are stolen from end users who simply fail to … Continue reading

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The Talent Within

11/8/2012 In his book “Topgrading: How leading companies win by hiring, coaching and keeping the best people” (2005) Dr. Smart talks about how important it is for a company to not only hire A level talent but then keep and … Continue reading

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In Cyber Crisis

We are a country in crisis in regards to adopting adequate Information Security practices.   I am not an alarmist but when I review the Cyber Security update that my team compiles and sends out a couple of times per week … Continue reading

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A Myth of Information Security: All data needs to be protected!

When you think about the total amount of data that goes across an organization on a daily basis protecting all of it becomes a daunting, if not impossible, task. It is hard to wrap one’s mind around how much a … Continue reading

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Common Sense Requires No Policy

As a Senior Information Security professional I am often asked if we should have a policy that requires our Business Community members to do “X”.  In many of these cases the person is asking for a policy to be written … Continue reading

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