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November 07, 2006

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The two most important assets of any organization are the people who make it work, and the information they use to do so.  Today, both are being transformed by a revolution in Information Security.

Organizational information is embodied in the various records stored in computers.  Employees follow procedures and  policies that predicate virtually every aspect of operating a business. Since 2003, many new regulations become law, forcing massive re-engineering of information systems and re-training of personnel. Today,  governments, financial institutions, insurance companies and courts require that specific records be maintained, and further mandate the privacy and security of those records.  The cost of  precious time and money in a tight economy is enormous.

This is the Compliance challenge.

These challenging compliance requirements come at a time when threats to your critical information have never been greater (see Top 10 Threats).  The sheer intrusiveness of viruses, spam, parasites, rogue wireless points and Instant Messaging is making it almost impossible to truly know what lurks on your network.  Information security is no longer something that can be ignored or put off.  The price of failure is just too steep: federal penalties, lost clients, stockholder lawsuits, employee litigation and even criminal prosecution. ‘Best practices’ are well known and widely available, so it is incumbent on executives to at least have some kind of program underway.

The is the Risk Management Challenge.

Compliance
No fewer than 4 new laws regulating Information Security will be in effect by the close of 2003, and they are NOT optional.  In fact, violation of two of these laws can result in jail time.  Which are they? Learn more at the...

Compliance Center

Risk Management
Once past the compliance hurdle, there are many choices to be made.  How much money for how much security?  What are Best Practices for my business? Find out more at the...

Risk Management Center

We believe the winning strategy in the coming years to to leverage your investment in meeting Compliance requirements to meet your Risk Management objectives.  

Unfortunately, Small businesses have become particularly at risk because they have to meet the same compliance targets as public corporations with their deep pockets and sophisticated IT resources.  Every hacker know this.  PC Magazine recently wrote, "As enterprises lock down their networks with an ever-expanding arsenal of security technologies, hackers have moved on to easier pickings—smaller businesses.

The reason small businesses are so vulnerable is that often they think that they don't have anything worth stealing.  This misguided belief has resulted in some very expensive lessons around the country, and they are spreading at an alarming rate.

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Top 10 Threats
to your data

  1. Parasites/Spyware

  2. OS Vulnerabilities

  3. Viruses & Worms

  4. Employees

  5. Hardware Failures

  6. Applications

  7. Power problems

  8. Bad backups

  9. Hackers

  10. IS Contractors

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