GRC, ECN, EMC World, Feng Shui – Oh Boy!

InFocus Weekly Roundup: “As in life, we collect things and at some point we become burdened by the very same things we have collected.” JP Morgenthal describes the function of chargeback and showback models as Feng Shui for your compute environment.    Welcome to our newest blogger, Rachel Haines, who leads EMC Consulting’s Data Governance

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GRC and Risk Appetite formulation – A critical skill that executive management must develop to thrive in today’s climate
Written on April 20, 2012 by in Compliance, Governance, Risk, Trust

If there is one element of a GRC framework upon which all else depends, it is the correct formulation of risk appetite, and the translation of appetite into tolerances, thresholds and limits that the organization must operate within. Without this, it’s simply impossible to manage risks effectively. Risk appetite can be defined as the quantity

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InFocus Gets Social, Secure, Futuristic? and More – Weekly Round Up March 2, 2012

This week we peer through Matt’s visionary perspective about the future of home and personal health care technology ; We find out if being different, is better, when providing services to your customers, and take a look at the future of SMS in the face of newer and “cooler” social media techologies.   We get some clarity on the

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EMC Consulting GRC Advisory Services, with RSA Archer – A Watershed Event
Written on February 29, 2012 by in Compliance, Governance, Risk, Trust

Most of you know I am part of EMC’s Consulting organization and work closely with RSA and the Archer team. This week at RSA Conference in San Francisco, we are launching a very focused set of advisory services around security and risk management – including a new set of advisory services around GRC strategy, development

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Security Advantages of Mobility Computing
Written on February 27, 2012 by in Cloud, Risk, Trust

In my last InFocus blog post, I discussed OWASP’s approach to mobile computing risks.  I went over some of the unique risks to the mobile platform as well as reminding folks that general application security rules still apply.  With that being the case, a logical conclusion would be that introducing mobile platforms to enterprise computing

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