Security Management Strategies for the CIOAccess "Viewpoint: MBAs don't fit in midmarket"
This article is part of the October 2006 issue of Security 7 Award winners: Simply the best
Sink or Swim Lee Parrish's column ("No Horsing Around," Perspectives, August 2006) is on target for large enterprise boards such as Northrop Grumman, Boeing and others. Were I CEO of such an enterprise, I would most certainly want my CSO/CISO to have an MBA as well as his or her appropriate security credentials. However, there are organizations such as our own that have fewer than 1,000 employees, including executives. To apply Parrish's perspective would not be feasible, if only from a fiscal standpoint. Smaller organizations have a built-in requirement for members of the organization to "wear multiple hats" and/or "fill multiple pairs of shoes." Furthermore, budget constraints of the nonprofit world also constrain the organization from hiring graduate-degree holding, multi-credentialed individuals. Most of the IT directors in the smaller organizations where I have worked are also the organization's information security officer. None of them have had a master's degree to accompany their Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) credentials. My current ... Access >>>
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Simply the Best: Security 7 Awards 2006
by Information Security magazine staff
Information Security's 2006 Security 7 Awards honor innovative security professionals in seven vertical markets.
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Risk Management: ClearPoint Metrics' Metrics Accelerator 1.1
Read this risk management security product review of Risk Management: ClearPoint Metrics' Metrics Accelerator 1.1.
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Imprivata's OneSign ENA product review
Product review of Imprivata's OneSign ENA cost effective network authentication tool, which manages USB tokens, smartcards, OTPs and fingerprint biometrics.
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Safe Exchanges
by Wylie Wong
ENTERPRISE RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
ERM software is being adopted by businesses to secure their most valuable documents and sensitive content. -
Authentication: MXI Security's Stealth MXP
MXI Security's Stealth MXP
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That Sinking Feeling
DATA PROTECTION
Before you lose something precious, govern your data.
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Simply the Best: Security 7 Awards 2006
by Information Security magazine staff
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- At Your Service: October 2006 managed services security news
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Recent releases: Security product briefs, October 2006
Read about the recently released security products of October 2006.
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Secure Reads: Spam kings
Read a quick review of the book "S*PAM KiNgs: The Real Story Behind The High-Rolling Hucksters Pushing Porn, Pills and @*#?% Enlargements."
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Antimalware/Client Firewall
Sophos' Sophos Endpoint Security
- Events: Information security conferences for October 2006
- Viewpoint: MBAs don't fit in midmarket
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Columns
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Layer 8: Measuring information security success
Clarity or Conspiracy?
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Ping: Suzanne Hall
Suzanne Hall
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Editor's Desk: Saluting security's superstars
Hard-Earned Wisdom
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Perspectives: Security must be one with business goals
Information security can no longer pit itself against ease of use and business objectives.
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Layer 8: Measuring information security success
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