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Information security is now tooorganizations have become threats to
important to be left to the ITtheir more responsible brethren.
department. This is because informationThe extent and value of electronic data
security is now a business-level issue:are continuing to grow exponentially.
Iformation is the lifeblood of anyThe exposure of businesses and
business today. Anything that is ofindividuals to its misappropriation or
value inside the organization will be ofdestruction is growing equally quickly.
value to someone outside it. The boardThe growth in computer and information
is responsible for ensuring thatrelated compliance and regulatory
critical information, and the technologyrequirements reflects the threats
that houses and process it, are secure.associated with digital data.
Legislation and regulation is aDirectories have clear compliance
governance issue. In the UK, theresponsibilities that cannot be met by
TurnBull Report clearly identifies thesaying " The head of IT was supposed to
need for boards to control risk tohave dealt with that".
information and information systems.Ultimately, consumer confidence in
Data protection, privacy, computerdealing across the web depends on how
misuse and other regulations, differentsecure people belive their personal data
in different jurisdictions, are ato be. Data security, for this reason,
boardroom issue. Banks and financialmatters to any business with any form of
sector organizations are subject to theweb strategy, from simple business t
requirements of the Bank ofconsumer or business to business
International Settlements ( BIS ) andpropositions through Enterprise Resource
the Basle 2 framework, whici includesPlanning ( ERP ) systems to the use of
information and IT risk.extranets and e-mail. It matters, too
As the intellectual capital value ofany organization that depends on
"information economy" organizationscomputers for its day-to-day existence
increases, their commercial viabilityor that may be subject to the provisions
and profitability, as well as theirof Data Protection Act. Even the freedom
share, increasingly depend on theof Information Act which ostensibly
security, confidentiality and integrityapplies only to public sector
of their information and informationorganizations, raises confidentiality
assets.issue for any business that contracts
Threats and Consequenceswith the public sector.
The one area in which businesses of allNewspapers and business magazines are
sizes today enjoy a level playing fieldfull of stories about hackers, viruses
is in information security: alland online fraud. These are just the
businesses are subject to thepublic tip of the data insecurity
world-class threats, all of them areiceberg. Little tends to be heard about
potentially betrayed by world-classbusinesses that suffer profit
software vulnerabilities and all of themfluctuations through computer failure,
are subject to an increasingly comlexor businesses that fail to survive a
set of computer and privacy relatedmajor interruption to their data and
regulations around the world.operating systems. Even less is heard
While most organizations belive thatabout organizations whose core
their information systems are safe, theoperations are compromised by the theft
brutal reality is that they are not.or loss of key business data; usually
Individual hardware, software, andthey just disappear quietly.
vendor driven solutions are notThis article was written by Stefan D.
information security systems. Not onlyThe owner of Ready Business and Free
is it extremely dangerous for anGames
organization to operate in today's worldYou can republish or (re)print this
without a systematic, strategic approacharticle as long as you keep live the
to information security, suchlinks above.



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