Business Transformation Requires Transformational Leaders

Despite the many billions of dollars in expenditures and millions of people being impacted by data breaches around the world, what we have today is a very expensive -- and seemingly unwinnable -- game of cat and mouse being played by hackers with the companies and agencies they target. And let's face it, the cats (whether they be lone individuals or, as is more common today, organized or even state-sponsored groups of professional hackers) are winning handily. Thus it's time for a paradigm shift in data security -- a new approach that will change the game entirely. It's time for the Data Shell Game. In this article, I will explain how this new form of data security works and what implementing this new way of managing and protecting data will mean for IT and for organizations as a whole.

A corporate information security strategy will advance the understanding of risk management. It can bring with it a sense of security to the shareholders and corporate governance. When producing an architectural assessment, there should be a strategy that includes a management team responsible for operating procedures and a technical team to oversee the security efforts. These efforts include training, education, and implementation. Whether big or small, all organizations should have one primary individual who can direct the support, implementation, and deployment of information security.

The established platforms developed by other industries have laid the foundation upon which the healthcare industry has begun to propel the IT world to new heights for all industries. This foundation also yields an opportunity for the healthcare industry to create a number of new ventures, many of which may ultimately revolutionize the medical community as Facebook did for social networking.