We need to build security into all our technology solutions! - By Dan Swanson My first Auditnet column for 2010 combines the highlighting of my favorite security newsletter, Gary Hinson's monthly security awareness newsletter, with the raising of a very fundamental IT management issue, that is, are you making your security challenges less or more going forward? As most people realize we need to implement effective security by building it into our IT systems, not bolting it on just prior to implementation. Some resources to assist your understanding of the many issues involved and suggestions to move us forward are provided below. A key question for 2010: Does your organization incorporate security as part of its software acquisition process and its system development life cycle (SDLC) process? – and what can be done to make it even more "integrated"? In closing, I welcome hearing about the critical issues facing your organization and some of your "lessons learned" in tackling them, please contact me at dswanson_2008@yahoo.ca. For the rest of the story click here! Enjoy Dan _____________ Free White Paper "Managing Risk in Perilous Times. Practical Steps to Accelerate Recovery" http://bit.ly/9w6pfS___________________________________________________________ AuditNet Newsletter February 2010 http://www.auditnet.org/auditnet-l.htm Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning: The Auditor's Role AuditNet News is sponsored by CCH TeamMate and Paisley CCH TeamMate, a database-driven audit management system that streamlines the audit process by providing integrated tools for documentation, report generation and file sharing. For more information about TeamMate, click here!
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