Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Does IT Security matter?

In November last year I was invited to QUT in Brisbane to give a talk on a topic of my choice. I finally decided upon Does It Security Matter?, a play on the well-known book from Nicholas Carr.

My main message was (and remains)
  • There is a dependency between IT and IT Security but not a strategic relation
  • IT and IT Security are good neighbours but not good friends
  • IT Security is one area competing for attention and funding, amongst many
  • If you don’t make IT security matter, it won’t
  • Focus on securing business processes not the process of securing
  • Excel is your new best friend - make your spreadsheets work with their (business) spreadsheets
You can find the full powerpoint here.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi,
There are many threats to your data other than stealing. You can secure your data by using USB Boot Drive

Anonymous said...

The information security landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. While the network hacker continues to pose a threat, regulatory compliance has shifted the focus to internal threats.

fashion-design-course.com/

Unknown said...

Thanks for sharing. Learn a lot from your Blog.I have read your blog about it-security-matter It is very help full.I really enjoyed reading it, you may be a great author.I must say you've done a wonderful job by sharing your article with us. Blackbox penetration testing

Unknown said...

Thanks for the blog. Yes IT security matters a lot.By your article I found one power point also.Its really very helpful.You did a great job.Its help me in my seminar.
electronic signatures