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Did you ever have a feeling that your IT integrator was treating you like a couple of guys selling you a Persian rug?  ”Take it now – it’s so beautfiful, just perfect for your living room, a steal  for only $10,000 and it’s on sale” and when you ask if it will last, they tell …

Most security appliance vendors use fluffy charts with a 4 step “information risk management” cycle. It’s always a 4 step cycle, like Symantec’s DLP  “Discover, Monitor, Protect and Manage” and it’s usually on a circular chart but sometimes in a Gartner-style magic quadrant or on a line. It’s like a washing machine cycle that never …

As Ben Franklin said – “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. Three misconceptions regarding data protection and data loss prevention are prevalent in small to medium sized organisations -  whether in manufacturing, distribution or education or in a service business.  In my professional security practice over the past 5 years providing …

Is there a “black-box” security solution for the business? What risks really count for your business? No question is more important for implementing an effective program of security countermeasures. The management, IT and security practioners cannot expect to mitigate risk effectively without knowing the sources and cost of threats to the organization. We all depend …