When one of your IT professionals sends you an e-mail message, is the message three paragraphs long? Do you have time to read the entire message? Ask your IT professionals to: Use bulleted lists instead of paragraphs Do not tell the story, just the ending Keep...
A common complaint I receive from IT professionals is, “Senior management is using very insecure practices.” I have to explain that as long as the senior management made an informed decision and they are aware of the risks they are taking, IT needs to follow their...
Often IT provides senior management with IT options, but fails to adequately inform the executives what the consequences are to a selected action. For example, having full disk encryption on all workstations is of upmost importance. Some executives will choose to skip...
If you have, or ever plan to have, your own web site with a shopping cart that accepts credit and/or debit cards, it is important to consider the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) requirements. If you plan carefully, you can greatly reduce your...
