IT pros have to master a variety of skills. But one that you definitely didn’t sign up for is hostage negotiations. Unfortunately, it looks like that might be yet another task thrown at you.
How to determine who’s at fault for a data breach
November 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
In addition to preventing data breaches, companies also must make sure they learn from incidents to improve their protection in the future. Part of that requires knowing who or what is to blame for a breach, as George Hillston discusses in this guest post.
Password Policy Template
November 6, 2013 By 1 Comment
IT departments often struggle with getting users to choose secure passwords and keep them safe. For help, here’s a password policy template companies can use to create their own written rules.
Users’ security mistakes are IT’s fault
October 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Many data security breaches are blamed on user mistakes. But IT’s security strategy is often to blame for those errors.
Bad news for BYOD security: Users don’t care about protecting important data
September 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Employees are often careless when it comes to sensitive information on mobile devices, and BYOD policies have done little to change things. What can IT do?
35% of firms’ BYOD policies may not comply with the law
August 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
As we’ve written before, when employees use personal devices at work, it can create a number of tricky legal concerns for businesses. Here’s one compliance issue a recent survey says many firms are struggling with: