Risk Assessment Gets to the Bottom of Security Basics

by Mike Rosen

In recent Advisors, I have talked about data security and perimeter security (see "Are You at the Controls? Do You Know Where Your Data Is?" 10 June 2009 and "Is Your Perimeter Secure?" 17 June 2009). The feedback I have received indicates that it would be useful to talk about some basic concepts and terminology of security. So let's start with this question: "What is security?"

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Risk Assessment Gets to the Bottom of Security Basics1 July 2009