Monthly Archives: June 2009

Business Continuity Plan Needs Right Leader, Metrics to Succeed

June 17, 2009 – 2:29 pm

Successfully resuming business operations after a significant business interruption or disaster requires a business continuity plan developed by an influential business executive, experts say. This contrasts with the reality at many organizations, where the IT executive who successfully developed the disaster recovery plan and/or the business continuity plan for IT is tapped for the broader [...]

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IT Professionals Abuse Admin Passwords

June 10, 2009 – 2:51 pm

More than one-third of IT professionals abuse administrative passwords to access confidential data such as colleagues’ salary details or board-meeting minutes, according to a survey.
Data security company Cyber-Ark surveyed more than 400 senior IT professionals in the US and Britain, and found that 35% admitted to snooping, while 74% said they could access information that [...]

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