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https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/bg-p/it_risk_management IT Risk Management Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:42:01 GMT it_risk_management 2009-01-07T10:42:01Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Millennial-Workforce-IT-Risk-or-Benefit/ba-p/310250 This is an issue I explored in a blog post several months ago, IT Risk and the Millennials, which really seemed to resonate with customers and industry peers. Feedback ranged from "great article," to "how Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Millennial-Workforce-IT-Risk-or-Benefit/ba-p/310250 Samir Kapuria 2008-03-19T07:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Dispelling-Myth-4-IT-Risk-Management-is-a-Science/ba-p/306126 So you think IT risk management is a science? Or maybe you’ve never thought about it—you've just assumed that some clever expert has worked out all the angles. Unfortunately that’s not the case. The latest Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Dispelling-Myth-4-IT-Risk-Management-is-a-Science/ba-p/306126 Jeremy Ward 2008-02-12T08:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Dispelling-Myth-3-IT-Risk-Management-can-be-Solved-by-Technology/ba-p/306125 So, you think that there’s a magic bullet to deal with IT risk? In fact you probably wish there was, but since you don’t believe in Santa Claus, you know there isn’t! Of course that Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Dispelling-Myth-3-IT-Risk-Management-can-be-Solved-by-Technology/ba-p/306125 Jeremy Ward 2008-02-06T08:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Dispelling-Myth-2-IT-Risk-Management-is-a-Project/ba-p/306124 So you’ve got a project to manage the risk to your IT systems? Well, in actual fact you probably haven’t! (It’s more likely that you’re too busy dealing with incidents.) The latest Symantec IT Risk Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Dispelling-Myth-2-IT-Risk-Management-is-a-Project/ba-p/306124 Jeremy Ward 2008-02-04T08:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Dispelling-Myth-1-IT-Risk-Management-is-All-About-Security/ba-p/306123 So you think that risk is all about security? Well, we deal with risks to our personal security every day – each time we cross the road! But ask someone to think about more impersonal Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Dispelling-Myth-1-IT-Risk-Management-is-All-About-Security/ba-p/306123 Jeremy Ward 2008-02-01T08:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/From-Myth-to-Reality-Evaluating-the-State-of-IT-Risk-Management/ba-p/306122 Today Symantec launched Volume II of the IT Risk Management Report, entitled “IT Risk Management – From Myth to Reality.” It analyzes the results of interviews with more than 400 IT executives and professionals from Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/From-Myth-to-Reality-Evaluating-the-State-of-IT-Risk-Management/ba-p/306122 Jeremy Ward 2008-01-30T08:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Ask-the-Expert-Social-Networking/ba-p/306121 Social networking sites are an increasingly popular way for people to keep in contact with friends, family and business colleagues. These sites offer a rich set of features that enable users to share personal information Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Ask-the-Expert-Social-Networking/ba-p/306121 Kevin Haley 2008-01-24T08:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/IT-Security-Compliance-What-are-the-Critical-Success-Factors/ba-p/306120 In recent times there has been significant growth in the intensity and complexity of legislation and regulation that relates to corporate governance. The US Sarbanes-Oxley Act has driven those companies that are quoted on the Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/IT-Security-Compliance-What-are-the-Critical-Success-Factors/ba-p/306120 Fabio Battelli 2008-01-03T08:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/IT-Risk-and-the-Millennials/ba-p/306119 I know, it sounds like the name of an old school rock band, but it’s not. It’s actually going to be one of the most pressing issues for IT in 2008. With millions beginning to Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/IT-Risk-and-the-Millennials/ba-p/306119 Samir Kapuria 2007-12-20T08:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/IT-Risk-Management-Five-Steps-to-Getting-What-You-Want/ba-p/306118 What does it take to get attention for IT initiatives in today’s enterprise? In most cases, it means making a compelling business case – and getting the right information to the right people in the Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/IT-Risk-Management-Five-Steps-to-Getting-What-You-Want/ba-p/306118 Jennie Grimes 2007-12-07T08:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/A-Closer-Look-at-Risk-Mitigation/ba-p/306117 I recently attended a pair of conferences in Las Vegas (yes, lovely Las Vegas). Not only was it hot, but because I was staying in one hotel and the conferences were in two other hotels, Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/A-Closer-Look-at-Risk-Mitigation/ba-p/306117 Tim Gallo 2007-11-01T07:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/IT-Risk-Management-Five-Steps-to-Get-from-Good-to-Great/ba-p/306116 Organizations are experiencing rising incident rates across the areas of security, availability, performance, and compliance, with significant impact to revenue, reputation, productivity, and cost. According to the Computer Security Institute and the FBI, per-incident costs Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/IT-Risk-Management-Five-Steps-to-Get-from-Good-to-Great/ba-p/306116 Hon Tran 2007-10-04T07:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Risk-Management-What-does-IT-mean-to-you/ba-p/306115 A quick Google search of the term “risk management’ returns more than 75 million results, revealing a discipline of balancing risks and costs that has been in practice across many industries for decades. Ironically though, Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Risk-Management-What-does-IT-mean-to-you/ba-p/306115 Hon Tran 2007-10-03T07:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/The-IT-Infrastructure-Library-Part-III/ba-p/306114 In my last installment, we examined the list of ITIL® v3 processes. Figure 1 (below) is an important tool to begin considering the expansion of the key ITIL process base. The names for the processes Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/The-IT-Infrastructure-Library-Part-III/ba-p/306114 Ken Gonzalez 2007-09-11T07:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/IT-Risk-Assessment-Fact-or-Fiction/ba-p/306113 At the Open Group meeting in Austin a couple of weeks ago, I attended the workshops on IT risk assessment. Pretty dull, eh? In fact, this topic produced some of the liveliest debate I’ve ever Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/IT-Risk-Assessment-Fact-or-Fiction/ba-p/306113 Jeremy Ward 2007-09-06T07:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/The-IT-Infrastructure-Library-Part-II/ba-p/306111 As I mentioned in my last blog entry, the version that most today know as ITIL® (often referred to as ITIL v2), is defined within the two Office of Government Commerce (OGC, U.K.) publications – Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/The-IT-Infrastructure-Library-Part-II/ba-p/306111 Ken Gonzalez 2007-09-05T07:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Managing-IT-Risk-in-the-Public-Sector/ba-p/306110 Is the public sector bothered about IT risk? Although it’s a hot topic, as we saw at RSA in February, surely the public sector is more worried about saving money and meeting government targets? Well, Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Managing-IT-Risk-in-the-Public-Sector/ba-p/306110 Jeremy Ward 2007-09-04T07:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/The-IT-Infrastructure-Library/ba-p/306109 Over the past twenty-some years, ITIL® (IT Infrastructure Library) has gone from just another good idea to the development of a major movement within the IT universe. The version that most people know today as Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/The-IT-Infrastructure-Library/ba-p/306109 Ken Gonzalez 2007-08-23T07:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Using-Darknets-to-See-the-Light/ba-p/306108 Firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, antivirus – they’re all old tricks of the trade that IT has traditionally deployed to maintain the security of large and complex networks. But are they enough? Threat volume Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Using-Darknets-to-See-the-Light/ba-p/306108 Michael Smith 2007-08-09T07:00:00Z https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Predicting-IT-Risk-A-Crystal-Ball-Strategy/ba-p/306107 Most IT execs today would love a crystal ball to take the guesswork out of their jobs. Imagine the ability to get a clear picture of the risks most likely to impact the organization in Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:00:00 GMT https://forums.symantec.com/t5/IT-Risk-Management/Predicting-IT-Risk-A-Crystal-Ball-Strategy/ba-p/306107 Darren Thomson 2007-07-24T07:00:00Z