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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Security Risks of Mobility Computing
Written on February 15, 2012 by in Governance, Risk, Trust

Tempus Fugit. Or in other in other words ‘Time Flies‘ And how! After a very busy Q4 to end 2011, I barely had enough time to crank out a guest post on Branden William’s blog around the end of the year. It’s about the ability of virtualization to do what it does – automate things

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Waiter, Check Please
Written on December 20, 2011 by in Healthcare, People

Someone to whom I am related – they shall remain nameless on the off chance that they read this blog – will not process any financial transactions over the Internet because they are concerned about the security of their information. That’s right – not just no on-line banking, but no Amazon, no Lands End, no

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My Personal Journey to The Cloud
Written on December 5, 2011 by in Cloud, Virtualization

It’s a funny situation going from commenting on the journeys that many of our customers are taking to the cloud, to actually taking the journey myself. That’s exactly what I have done in the past week or so. Being a big fan of tablet PCs in the workplace (in this case the iPad), one of

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