Sound Business Practice "Tips" - Archive

The following selection of topics primarily focus on Information Security, Disaster Recovery, and IT Compliance issues. The advice offered here is information that usually does not get enough emphasis when you're also trying to run a business:

Information Security Oriented Topics

• Are Our Low-tech Devices Leaking?
• Biometrics
• Building Access Security
• Cell Phone Security
• Computer Viruses
• Cover Your Assets
• Disposal of Computer Equipment
• Document Retention
• Dumpster Divers
• E-mail Chain Letters
• Employee Exit Procedures
• Encryption
• Fax Security
• How do I Secure My IT Environment?
• Information Security Basics
• Information Security Resources
• Internet Usage Tips
• Information Security Awareness Program Value
• IT Infrastructure Security
• Keep Those "Buggies" at Bay!
• Laptop Security
• Think Security
• Toll Fraud
• Voice Mail Security

Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Oriented Topics

• Alternate Processing Strategy
• Are You Prepared?
• Contingency Management
• Data Protection
• Data Recovery Strategy
• It's Gone!
• Mitigation
• Move It or Lose It!
• Prepare for the Expected
• What's Your Plan?
• Who Turned Out the Lights?

IT Compliance Oriented Topics

• Export Compliance
• Software Piracy

Other

• Are You a Playoff Contender?
• Are Your Ethics a Quart Low?
• Clean Desk Club
• E-mail SPAM
• Homeland Security

Note: The author of these "tips", at one time, was an IT Staff Auditor for a Fortune 10 company, and later also managed the global Information Security Program for an Information Technology organization that supported a Fortune 10 company.

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