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Can security improve your bottom line?

2008-01-18 16:23:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...reduces transaction costs in business, reduces disruptions and therefore will be beneficial to the bottom line Now, all we have to do is quantify it! Hmm.. that might be a much harder challenge
 
Tags: business, business processes, security, bottom line, real benefits, challenge, harder challenge, benefits, roland cloutier
 
 
 
 
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Maslow's heirarchy of security posture?

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2007-07-08 17:22:32 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
...reduces the cost of the security program and reduces business risk significantly at a low cost
 
Tags: security posture, basic security posture, security, basic security, security practices, handle security incidents, security exists, security components, security program
 
 
 
 
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The Future of Ephemeral Conversation

2008-11-24 14:06:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...reduces the government's power with respect to the people. Subjecting our communications to government review decreases liberty because it reduces our power with respect to the government. The president, as well as other members of government, need some ability to converse ephemerally -- just as they're allowed to have unrecorded meetings and...
 
Tags: ephemeral conversation, conversation, safeguard ephemeral conversation, ephemeral, ephemeral conversations, conversations, generation, generation gap, public scrutiny
 
 
 
 
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A conspicuous contribution !

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2007-12-04 17:40:46 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
...reduces churn and helps everyone to work things out sensibly Of course I havent worked on these documents in isolation the whole point is that theyre a distillation of Best Practice from across the whole industry, and so theres been dozens of people from dozens of companies attending meetings, contributing text, reading drafts, and then...
 
Tags: formal linx meetings, linx meetings, linx, linx council, meetings, conspicuous contribution, contribution, fiercely competitive industry, internet
 
 
 
 
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Lock-In

2008-02-12 06:08:15 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...reduces customer service, raises prices, refuses to innovate and otherwise abuses its customer base. It should be no surprise that this sounds like pretty much every experience you've had with IT companies: Once the industry discovered lock-in, everyone started figuring out how to get as much of it as they can Economists Carl Shapiro and Hal...
 
Tags: lock-in, software, software development kit, custom software, software company, security, hardware, special security hardware, security mechanism
 
 
 
 
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The wrong kind of empowerment reduces security and puts the organization at risk

2008-01-28 01:35:20 by Scott in Scott Wright's Security Views
 
Two really good examples of why you should not ingnore insider threats popped up this week in Florida (click HERE) and in France (click HERE). When an employee feels threatened by the organization or their management, you have to expect that they will at least consider using whatever leverage they have at their disposal. So, its
 
Tags: ingnore insider threats, click, employee feels, organization, week, france, florida, disposal, leverage
 
 
 
 
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2008 - The Year of IT Risk Management, Part 2 - Rise of IT GRC

2008-01-11 12:43:00 by Ryan Shopp in practical risk management
 
...reduces the headaches and frustrations security team members get when having to prepare for audits Oh yeah, here is part one of this blog title " 2008 - The Year of IT Risk Management " just in case you missed it
 
Tags: grc, grc space, risk, risk management, grc products, security professionals, mike, mike highlights, frustrations security team
 
 
 
 
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How aware are your employees on IT security and risk policies?

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2008-01-08 18:50:00 by Ryan Shopp in practical risk management
...reduces the threat of the insider threat (either malicious or unintentional), says Johnson. Many times the malicious insider can be stopped, if the people working with them are trained and are aware of the red flags that show the work habits and behaviors of a malicious insider. Do your employees know what to look for, what indicators there...
 
Tags: employees, theft red flags, malicious insider, insider, red flags, prevent identity theft, identity theft, security, risk
 
 
 
 
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Wellesley seniors' personal information lost in mail

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2008-02-29 11:48:00 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...reduces the chances the information was stolen Evan] This does not reduce the risk to a point that would be acceptable to me. Hand delivering the envelope to the post office eliminates one opportunity (maybe two) for loss, and that is between the Health Department office and the post office. It does not take into account theft or loss at the...
 
Tags: personal information, destination post office, office, information, health department office, sensitive personal information, wellesley, health, post office
 
 
 
 
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Nestle Waters North America employee affected by Systematic Automation breach

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2008-03-04 10:08:42 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog