Having an IT security team is an imperative for all companies, not just those in the enterprise space. This dedicated set of eyes is essential for small- to medium-size businesses (SMBs). It is imperative that security team members have a clear understanding of their role as a support to the organization and that their success be measured by the business …
Information Technology at the Strategy Table
The chief information officers (CIOs) and IT management teams of the past were assigned a budget and then expected to execute necessary operations based on that budget alone. This was a situation that required the IT department to row, so to speak, after the corporate ship. Today, successful companies, including those in the midsize market space, have incorporated the CIO …
Data Breach: The Downside of Data Loss for SMBs – IBM MidSize Insider – December 2013
Writing for IBM Midsize Insider, Christopher Burgess speaks to the downside of data loss to Small Medium Businesses. Preferred business practices dictate cybe rsecurity, but data protection methodologies are a requirement for endpoint devices that contain customer data to protect against the possibility of a data breach/data loss. Customer data is among the most precious of all data within …
Community Colleges and Data Security
One normally does not think of a community college or junior college to be a place where data breaches would be of concern. That is of course until it happens, and then the realization hits at just how closely these institutions are intertwined with their communities. A data breach reaches deep within the communities from which they draw their students, …