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Sony’s Worst Case Scenario

Posted on03. May, 2011 by Richard Fine.

Can you imagine what your data security nightmare would be? Your worst case scenario? It’s something that any good data security team should have a good grasp of – you can’t plan for the worst if you can’t think of what that worst might be. For Sony, I think one of their nightmare scenarios has [...]

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Intelligent Decisions opens up a dialog about data security

Posted on28. Apr, 2011 by The Grid-Tools Team.

It’s time to ask the question: has your company started investigating its data security programs? Harry Martin, President and CEO of Intelligent Decisions, was recently published in the New York Times addressing just this. He explains the significant fines associated with not complying with industry standards like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) [...]

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Facebook’s internal data policies

Posted on20. Feb, 2011 by Richard Fine.

I came across this enlightening summary of what Facebook’s internal culture is like a little while ago. It’s very interesting to read about how they operate, but one part in particular caught my eye: after boot camp, all engineers get access to live DB (comes with standard lecture about “with great power comes great responsibility” [...]

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Cablegate

Posted on30. Nov, 2010 by Richard Fine.

Hi there! I’m Richard, newest addition to the cadre of Grid-Tools bloggers. Grid-Tools employ me as a “Technical Writer;” in practice, my job is all about explaining our products, the ideas they encapsulate, and the context in which they operate. I’ve only been around for a few weeks, but I’m enjoying it: not just because it’s a pleasant place to work, but because I understand the very real problems that the company is trying to solve. Unlike so many projects in the enterprise space, ours aren’t mere buzzwords and blown smoke. Our pitch doesn’t include the phrase “empowering synergies in your solution portfolio.” I have my fingers crossed that it never will, at least while I’m the one providing copy for the sales brochures…

Enough about me. Let’s talk about “cablegate.”

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Long arm of the Law

Posted on26. Feb, 2010 by Vanessa Howard.

Sometimes governments can be forward-thinking – no, really bear with me – and initiatives arrive you can quietly applaud. The Welsh Assembly Government’s e-Crime Wales is a partnership of organisations, agencies and the police – that it has dedicated police business liaison officers is thought to be a world’s first. Data loss and security breaches [...]

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Don't risk not securing your data!

Posted on13. Nov, 2009 by John Denneny.

For almost all organizations, their corporate data is an absolutely crucial business asset.  Without access to the information in their corporate databases, most companies would be unable to conduct their day-to-day business.  While in recent years, most companies have invested heavily in trying to protect the availability of corporate data, there has been a glaring [...]

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