April, 2009

Pandemic Planning: a quick update.

I wanted to post a quick update regarding the looming threat of a true pandemic event courtesy of the swine flu.

In the past forty-eight hours I’ve had conversations with three separate clients in which the subject of their pandemic response plans...

How’s your Pandemic Response Plan looking today?

I started my day yesterday by finding my 12-year-old sitting with his eyes riveted on the laptop screen reading what I figured was something either on Facebook or a sports related website.  I only wish.  Turns out he was fixated on the breaking news covering the swine flu. Much like his...

FDIC: More than just a sticker on the bank’s door.

I opened my front door last week and found my industry waiting for me on my very own doorstep, seriously. The Raleigh News and Observer had a story on page one about how U.S. Senator Richard Burr called his family during the early days of the banking crisis last Fall and...

Is information ever truly secure?

I never post on consecutive days; often times I struggle to post on consecutive weeks when the ideas just aren't flowing.  But after the day I've just had I have no where to go with what's swirling around in my head and so to my soapbox I run. Without bogging the story down in needless details...

What vendor management is really all about

I received an email from a colleague last week in regards to my recent post about the BITS Shared Assessments Program.  In the entry I offered my high opinion of the framework but went out of my way to point out that by itself the assessment is not a vendor management program.  The subject line...

The road to PCI compliance is fraught with potholes.

I’m a fan of diversification. Professionally or personally I strive to mix and match and switch things around to avoid falling into a rut and to keep things fresh; I’m hopeful the contents of my blog reflect on that....

Keep an eye on Shared Assessments.

About thirty seconds after I posted my last blog an item on the