In my industry talks on Social Media, I mention the challenges presented to organisations by consumer technologies, so-called “shadow IT”, social media and mobile technologies. A new generation of technology users are used to having leading edge, powerful technologies and are not satisfied with the constraints placed by their employers on their technology use, productivity [...]
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Is “Generation Gmail” Really Putting Businesses at Risk?
24 February 2011, 8:46 pm
Filed under Google, Internet.
Tagged 3G, blog, Blogger, blogging, Cloud Computing, collaboration, data protection, email, facebook, Gmail, google, hosting, information security, intellectual property, Internet, IP, iPhone, IT, Microsoft, Microsoft Enterprise Project Management, Microsoft Exchange, mobility, netbook, online storage, Posterous, security, Shadow IT, SharePoint, sharing, Social Media, tablet, TCD, Trinity College Dublin, Tumblr, Typepad, Wordpress, Xaas, Yammer
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Social Media: Creating Collaborative Conversations – Your Help Needed
13 March 2010, 12:05 pm
I am preparing a talk for CIOs on the topic of ‘Social Media – Creating Collaborative Conversations’. I’d like to hear from people who have made the corporate leap into social media in their organisations or who have views or expertise to share on the subject. Questions you might consider include: What advice would you [...]
Filed under Social Media.
Tagged blog, blogging, cio, facebook, firewall, Social Media, social networking, Twitter
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More Laptops Stolen – And This Time It’s Personal!
17 June 2009, 8:56 pm
Bord Gais Eireann reports today that four laptop computers, one of which contained customer information, were stoled from its premises in Dublin on 5 June 2009. This article discusses the main threats to information security and the steps that should be taken to combat them.
Filed under Security, Technology.
Tagged Annual Report 2008, audit, availability, BGE, blog, Bord Gais Eireann, broadcast, broadcaster, civil proceedings, complain, complaint, computer, confidential, confidentiality, control, controls, criminal proceedings, customer information, customer record, data controller, data management, data management policy, data privacy, data processor, data protection, Data Protection Commissioner, data security, dismissal, Electricity Supply Board, employee, encrypt, encryption, enforce, enforcement, ESB, fine, fines, forfeiture, Garda, Garda Siochana, guideline, guidelines, information, information security, information security controls, Internet, IT department, laptop, law, laws, legislation, Media, need to know, penalties, penalty, personal information, Personal Public Service Number, Police, policy, PPSN, press release, privacy, procedure, procedures, risk assessment, risk management, risk management systems, robbery, RTE, security, security awareness, security breach, security incident, security training, Social Media, social networking, social networks, staff, steal, stolen, Storage, tape, tapes, The Big Switch, theft, top ten threats
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New .tel Top Level Domain
19 May 2009, 9:21 pm
.tel is a new top level domain (TLD), launched between December 2008 and March 2009. Operated by Telnic, a UK-based company, the TLD enables users (organisations and individuals) to publish contact information about themselves in a fairly simple, structured manner. While it is possible to access a .tel domain over the web, the suggested power [...]
Filed under Internet.
Tagged .tel, Blackberry, Blacknight Solutions, blog, directory service, Flickr, geolocation, google, Internet, iPhone, johnlawlor.tel, lawlor.tel, location, OpenID, Skype, Telnic, TLD, VeriSign
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