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In its December 1997 issue, The Systems Thinker newsletter featured an article entitled “Putting Best Practices into Practice”. Its authors, Charles Parry, Marilyn Darling and Stever Robbins discuss how sharing…

Now more than ever, business leaders are being asked not only to manage their technology investments, but to develop integrated and comprehensive solutions that address privacy, security and regulatory compliance.…

In my last post, I discussed the importance of senior executive involvement in the risk management function. In this post, I’ll take a look at some common risks. There is…

Understanding and proactively managing IT risks is a key component of IT Governance. Effective risk management provides senior executives with the visibility needed to make critical business decisions regarding IT…

On any given day, the federal government and its contractors are developing vast amounts of software and systems that will be deployed around the world. There are a host of…

In order to secure critical business information and protect against e-crimes, you need a game plan – an effective security governance program. Generally speaking, the goal of any governance program…

Security breaches. You hear about them all the time, like the recent one at Washington Dulles International Airport. A pilot’s laptop containing top secret airport access codes came up missing…