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Applying Decision Models to Resource Allocation in Network Security
Abstract
Making effective decisions regarding the allocation of resources for network security is a key part of business today. This Executive Report focuses on the relevant issues, including a number of questions that require special attention from CIOs and chief security officers (CSOs).
Executive Report
Applying Decision Models to Resource Allocation in Network Security
Abstract
Making effective decisions regarding the allocation of resources for network security is a key part of business today.
Executive Update
The Lawful Interception of Social Media: Security Over Privacy
Governments utilize lawful interception (LI) as a means of law enforcement. LI consists of obtaining telecommunications data -- both the signaling information and the content of the communications themselves -- in order to identify and circumvent potential threats and crimes and to gather evidence against the perpetrators.
In the literary classic The Great Gatsby, Meyer Wolfsheim hints at some shady business "gonnegtions" (an intentional mispronunciation of "connections"), suggesting that there's money to be made if the protagonist is a fellow "businessman" (read: criminal). Over the past few weeks, we've seen the Occupy Wall Street movement
If your company is adopting agile methods for software development, you've probably been told you need ScrumMasters or agile coaches. But who should fill those roles? No matter the name, the essence of the role is to help teams learn new skills, continuously improve, and make the transition to a new way of working.
In just over 20 years, the IT outsourcing (ITO) and business process outsourcing (BPO) markets have grown to exceed US $420 billion in annual revenues globally. In that time, research studies have shown growing success where limited outsourcing objectives on cost and service have been pursued. However, the record on innovation, cost-plus innovation, and strategic advantage from outsourcing has been more disappointing.
A BIT OF HISTORY
The phrase "disruptive technologies" entered the lexicon in 1995 with an article by Joseph Bower and Clayton Christensen1 of the Harvard Business School. It caught on immediately because it described a phenomenon that thoughtful people were at some level already aware of.