Posts Tagged ‘Jerod Brennen’

Compliance Management

This article is part twelve in a twelve-part series on information security fundamentals for small and medium-sized businesses. First things first: compliance is not security. If you want to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your information systems and your organization’s...

December 21st, 2012 | Expert Perspective | Read More

Business Continuity Management

This article is part eleven in a twelve-part series on information security fundamentals for small and medium-sized businesses. If you read the previous article on security incident management, you were reminded that well-informed business owners prepare for the worst. Although a documented disaster...

December 14th, 2012 | Expert Perspective | Read More

Security Incident Management: Preparing for the Worst

This article is part ten in a twelve-part series on information security fundamentals for small and medium-sized businesses. Bad things happen, and the organizations that can successfully ride out those rough waters are the organizations that take time to plan for those bad things ahead of time. Well-informed...

December 7th, 2012 | Expert Perspective | Read More

Securing Your Information Systems

This article is part nine in a twelve-part series on information security fundamentals for small and medium-sized businesses. Your IT staff has worked day in, day out to ensure that your network, computer systems, and customer data are secure. So what’s the quickest way to undo all their hard work?...

November 30th, 2012 | Expert Perspective | Read More

Controlling Access To Your Data

This article is part eight in a twelve-part series on information security fundamentals for small and medium-sized businesses. Access management is one of the more complex areas of information security management. Users and passwords, systems and applications, servers and workstations, wired and wireless...

November 23rd, 2012 | Expert Perspective | Read More

Building Your Daily Information Security Checklist

This article is part seven in a twelve-part series on information security fundamentals for small and medium-sized businesses. Information security isn’t a destination. It’s a journey. If you’ve read the previous articles in the series, you’re already aware of many critical information...

November 16th, 2012 | Expert Perspective | Read More

The Importance of Physical Security

This article is part six in a twelve-part series on information security fundamentals for small and medium-sized businesses. When it comes to protecting your IT assets, it’s important to understand that the physical security perimeter is as important as your network security perimeter. You need...

November 6th, 2012 | Expert Perspective | Read More

Securing Your People

This article is part five in a twelve-part series on information security fundamentals for small and medium-sized businesses. In the first article of this series, we discussed the importance of assigning the responsibility of day-to-day information security tasks to a person (or, ideally, to a team of...

October 30th, 2012 | Expert Perspective | Read More