Tag Archives: Business Strategy
Mitigating Cyber Risks With the Right Security Controls
Understanding that no organization can fully protect themselves from cyberattack is the first step to better protecting yourself and your business. Through a careful evaluation of both your enterprise’s current cybersecurity weak spots and your risk appetite, you can implement the right security controls to mitigate the risk of an attack. To learn more, read […]
The 3 Biggest Mistakes in Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity seems to be an elusive concept for many businesses, big and small. They’ve tried countless solutions and strategic security plans, often without much success. This can be a frustrating process, but you can break the cycle! By taking the time to understand what difficulties you might encounter, you can proactively set up controls that […]
10 questions you should be asking about IT
I have to admit that I don’t often get excited about IT articles. But, the recent article titled “The do-or-die questions boards should ask about technology” by Paul WIlmott, a director in McKinsey’s London office, had me at “Hello!” Now, granted, part of why I got so excited is because what Mr. Willmott writes is […]
Integrating IT
There is change in the air, and it’s not just spring time allergies. Clients, prospects, and colleagues are all talking about technology again. I have a theory about what is going on. Post Nicholas Karr’s famous diatribe, “Does IT Matter?” (Answer: Not really) executives across the spectrum of company size relegated IT to “plumbing” and […]
The joy of being ignorant!
On March 12, Mr. Caleb Garling posted on WIRED an article titled “Study Says Most IT Guys Are Ignorant” followed by the opening line: “Why can’t the IT guy fix your latest problem? Odds are he’s ignorant.” All this, according to Mr. Garling, based on CompTIA’s report of over 500 U.S. business and IT Managers. […]
Think Globally, Act Locally
In an age where no one thinks twice about jumping on a plane and a few hours later doing business two continents over, you would think that we would have figured out a way to make cell phones to a) work any place on the planet, and b) how not to take out a second […]
Can You Hear Me Now?
Nope! Not a word! As my colleague Marla used to say: “Crickets!” That’s what we got from Verizon when on December 6th their 4G service went out. As of this writing, December 7th, it is still out. Possibly nation-wide. Possibly across all 4G devices. With no “fall-back” to 3G or Any-G! Thousands, perhaps millions, of […]
Analyze This!
The conference room was modest but very functional – a rarity these days! The two teams had amassed on either side, cordial, eager to complete the deal. We were there representing the buyer. The teams were divided into “operations,” “finance,” and “IT.” Everyone had six weeks to complete all the analysis, and land gracefully into […]
IT’s worst enemies?
Sometimes, it’s the Technologists! Here we are sitting around an impressive conference table at the plush headquarters of a multinational manufacturing company (names have been changed, of course, to protect the guilty) when their chief technology guy proclaims: “I want to make clear one thing from the start. Our mandate: Zero Impact to the Business!” […]
Innovate or else…
Under the dubious title of “Companies Are Erecting In-House Social Networks” Verne Kopytoff of The New York Times writes: “It’s one more instance of how consumer technology trends, like the use of tablet computers, are crossing into office life. Because of Facebook, most people are already comfortable with the idea of “following” their colleagues. But […]
