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 [...]
Archive of posts tagged information security
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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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.
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Laptop Theft and Data Loss By Irish Health Service Executive
16 June 2009, 10:39 pm
The theft of 15 laptop computers from the Irish Health Service Executive once again raises the issues of data security and management and the protection of personal private information.
Filed under Security.
Tagged accessibility, audit, computer, confidential, confidential information, confidentiality, consultant, control, data management policy, data protection, data security, desktop, encrypt, encryption, file, Health Service Executive, HSE, information, information security, laptop, Media, personal information, policy, privacy, robbbery, Roscommon, RTE, security, state agencies, state agency, steal, stolen, Storage, theft
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