INFORMATION
Beyond Print: How-to
09/19/2007 - New guidance is out to help the electricity sector respond to an influenza pandemic.
ASIS Education and Events: How-to
09/18/2007 - Five leading security professionals participate in a live Q &A session on the issues facing today’s practitioners. Find out what’s top of mind for end users, suppliers, and consultants.
Beyond Print: How-to
09/18/2007 - A new guide helps financial institutions to comply with information security standards.
Book Reviews: How-to
09/14/2007 - In the information systems sphere, this book can help. It is a highly effective handbook designed for both public and private organizations and all levels of law enforcement. It gives guidance on how they should modify their respective security postures to meet a declared alert condition.
Technofile: How-to
09/14/2007 - The guide defines important terms used in the security guidelines and then outlines the steps companies should follow to develop and implement an information security program, such as conducting assessments of internal and external threats. It also provides methods of assessing policies and procedures.
Managing: How-to
09/14/2007 - Making a proposal to senior management? Follow these tips to get the best results.
Beyond Print: How-to
09/14/2007 - This PricewaterhouseCoopers guidebook helps companies to think about their security strategies.
Technofile: How-to
09/13/2007 - The guidebook provides a five-step approach for CISOs to achieve success in their positions: assess, analyze, strategize, align, and communicate. PWC partner James Quinnild, one of the authors of the guidebook, says that the goal was to help CISOs succeed in a world that has changed dramatically from five years ago.
Technofile: How-to
09/13/2007 - Writely is a Web 2.0 site that offers a word processing program in which multiple collaborators can be given access to particular documents, with changes tracked by time and user. Central Desktop is a collaboration tool that allows teams to work together on project management, allowing members to add documents, Web links, comments, and scheduling information. It offers a variety of communications options, including instant messaging and discussion boards.
Technofile: How-to
09/12/2007 - The next time you see Microsoft Windows’ “blue screen of death” or a “fatal error” message flash across your monitor, don’t get angry; reboot and then point your browser toward the DistroWatch Web site, where you can learn everything you need to know about the newest distributions (called “distros”) of the Linux operating system.
Beyond Print: How-to
09/12/2007 - A government training video shows emergency responders and hospital ER staff how to decontaminate children exposed to dangerous chemicals.
Book Reviews: How-to
09/12/2007 - Why is “No comment” the wrong response to any media question? According to the authors, those words precipitate questions such as, “What are you trying to hide?” and “What’s really going on here?” They offer tips on what needs to be said and how to say it.
Technofile: How-to
09/11/2007 - Dan Sullivan, an author and security expert, has penned a comprehensive text that will help readers better understand how these losses occur and how to prevent them. The Definitive Guide to Information Theft Prevention is an eight-chapter e-book available for free (the e-book is sponsored by Permeo Technologies, a provider of secure remote-access solutions)