Kachina Shaw

Putting protections and policies in place for data at risk in mobile apps and mobile devices and email is high priority for most IT organizations, no matter the size. Let’s face it, you can’t go a day without reading about another threat. And finding the staff and budget for it is relatively easy, given that […]

How to Stay in Business Key Considerations for Disaster Recovery As the victims of the damage caused by superstorm Sandy deal with compounding problems, from unrestored power at home and at work, to gas shortages, to lack of public transportation, to clean-up, and even price gouging, they now also face another large storm headed their […]

For both organizations handling or moving ediscovery in-house and those enlisting the services of a third party, ediscovery certifications are set to become a distinguishing factor, as well as an indication of maturation in the market. According to eDiscovery Group Lead Analyst Barry Murphy, IT, legal and ediscovery professionals are working within a fast-growing market […]

Looking for the risk in trends plays a key role in strategic planning, especially when you can draw a line directly to revenue. But the rub is that, in many cases, you can’t wait for someone else to draw the line for you. For example, a recent Ovum report, “The Importance of Social Media in […]

A one-two punch of recession-driven cutbacks and lack of performance in efficiency and/or cost savings has put program management offices, or PMOs, out of commission for many organizations, according to benchmark research by The Hackett Group. Top 10 Project Management Trends for 2012 The staffing numbers are ugly. Within the study group: The average number […]

A September 2012 survey of compliance and ethics officers by NAVEX Global uncovered a few new trends developing around the topic of whistleblowing and retaliation. The “Retaliation in the Workplace” survey collected responses from 279 ethics and compliance professionals, and the results suggest that organizations could benefit from putting more energy into increasing transparency around […]

Disaster recovery planning has long been a hot topic on IT Business Edge, with the main focus on systems and service continuity, customer service and data preservation. But what is often glossed over is that, alongside the infrastructure/DR team, the risk management officer or team should be involved from the beginning planning stages. Unfortunately, DR […]

Compliance officers and IT managers know that putting the policy set in place is the relatively easy part of the process of bringing an organization into compliance with a given set of requirements. Then comes the series of battles. What can you get users to agree to willingly? How many repetitions of the requirements and […]