A study published last week sponsored by Tripwire and conducted by the Ponemon Institute found that while over 80% of security and risk professionals consider their organization's commitment to risk-based security management significant, less than 30% had a formal risk management strategy in place.

Why does such a large gap continue to exist, even as the evidence piles up that organizations with a mature risk framework are better performing and more prepared for an uncertain future?

One hurdle tha

Risk management is not about absolutes, it is about using a consistent analysis framework for balancing risk and cost on a common basis across the enterprise. Yesterday's announcement by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of their adoption of a risk-based approach is a long awaited practical application of enterprise risk management to security.

As April 25, 2013, the TSA will allow small pocketknives and an array of sporting equipment -- banned from aircraft cabins in the wake of t

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This webinar is aimed at security and risk managers to help them quickly understand the issues, concerns and opportunities that social media presents.

The session will cover:

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70 Travel Risk Management Safety and Security Tips [Video]

All travel should be considered hazardous, until proven otherwise. This 70 travel risk management video set provides professional tips and advice on how to manage the threats and hazards of travel.

Ranging from the administrative processes to extreme events such as natural disasters each video is a short 2-5 minute education tutorial that will assist in reducing the risk of travel, anywhere you travel.

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Although most organizations are taking stronger measures to protect their data, significant gaps still exist at the very core - their databases. Many don't have a comprehensive database security strategy to defend against sophisticated attacks, track sensitive data, or even meet emerging regulatory requirements.

In addition, organizations tend to focus on detective controls rather than preventive measures when it comes to database security.

By contrast, Forrester finds that by implementing a c

This white paper explores data loss from a contrarian point of view - exploring the top 7 shortcuts you can take to ensure that you lose your data. And since a fundamental responsibility of any information technology professional, as well as any C-level executive, is to ensure that the data upon which any company is created is protected - scrupulously following these shortcuts should also ensure that you lose not only your data but your job as well.

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1. Navigating the Enterprise Software Minefield - 10 Critical Factors to Ensure Success

This paper will first outline the challenges of ERP selection and implementation and then offer practical advice and critical success factors to make sure your ERP process is smooth and effective

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Providing a holistic overview on the widespread private use by employees and how many businesses embraced social media in their communications

Examining current social media compliance policies with case studies

Potential security risks, phishing scams, malware attacks,

Protection of (fair use of) intellectual property: The need to address the protection of intellectual property in policies and procedures of the proper business use of social media

Analysing the regulatory requirements on the use

This book provides a practical set of detailed steps to implement an Information Governance program, as well as the associated automation.

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This security report examines Web behavior and the malware to which users are most frequently exposed. Analyzing Web requests from the Blue Coat WebPulse service, which weekly rates nearly three billion requests in real-time, this report provides an overview of the changing ways in which people are using the Internet and the new methods cybercrime is using to target their attacks.

The 2011 Web-based threat landscape continues to become more sophisticated, utilizing a combination of techniques

Recently organizations have been faced with the increasing threat of cyber attacks, whether from external hackers such as lulzsec or from internal attacks such as wikileaks.  Your customers' personally identifiable information, organization's intellectual property, and confidential files are all vulnerable to attack.

How prepared is your IT Risk Management? How vulnerable is your organization to a cyber-attack?  What would the consequences of a cyber-attack be on your organization? Your board nee

Introduction

The death of Osama Bin Laden does not conclude the global threat of terrorism but in many instances it will trigger a new wave or business travel threats. If you want to know more on how the killing of Osama Bin Laden will affect business travel then you need to read this article. This article will identify the major delays, disruptions, risks and threats to business travel as a result of this high profile leader’s death. By the end of the article you will know the key issues affect

Managing Business Travel Risks and Crisis

Introduction

If you know that business travel is not without its risk and the potential for crisis, then you need to read this article.

In this article we are going to talk about the management and containment of crisis as it relates to travellers and travel managers.
The objective of this article is to share with you the collective knowledge on managing crisis and significantly improve your ability to identify and manage a crisis but also improve your busin

The Golden Hour and the First 24 Hours!

In the vast majority of cases, regardless of the duration, the end success or successful resolution to a crisis is determined by the initial actions in the first 24 hours. Often referred to as the “Golden Hour” in emergency medicine, the initial hour of the first 24 hours is the foundation upon which the primary phase is predicated. The events, information and decision making process during these two phases will place both individuals and multi national cor

Introduction

Let’s start with what’s Web 2.0 before getting in to the risks.

The term Web 2.0 is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design and collaboration on the World Wide Web.

For some of you still not clear of what’s Web 2.0 let me put it down in a different way. Web 2.0 is Facebook or MySpace or Linkedin or Twitter or the blogs or the Wikis or any web site which allows the visitor to interact by posting up

Are you wondering “How safe is it to travel to Thailand in 2011?“. So are many others. Find out here what the main travel safety and security issues will be for Thailand in 2011. You may be surprised as to what the REALthreats and issues are.

Thailand Travel Safety and Security Report

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Countering Maritime Piracy

Editor: Prof. Alexander Yankov
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