Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Information security and the outsider, Part 1

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Information security and the outsider, Part 1

M. E. Kabay By M. E. Kabay
In a world of new, unconventional military conflict around the globe, one of the largest producers of secure information, the U.S. government, has had to create non-traditional partnerships to help accomplish domestic missions. In this two-part series, guest writer Lt. Col. Robert E. Jennings, vice commander of the New Jersey Wing of the Civil Air Patrol and a leader of the service delivery managers in Dell's ProSupport organization, looks at how the government is working with semi-official volunteer organizations. In part 2, he provides a case study of how one of those organizations adapted to provide better information security for their new assignments. Read full story

M. E. Kabay, PhD, CISSP-ISSMP, specializes in security and operations management consulting services. CV online.

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