Harvard CISO shares 5 pearls of IT security wisdom

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	Harvard CISO shares 5 pearls of IT security wisdom Chief Information Security Officer Christian Hamer, who is responsible for policy and awareness across Harvard University and whose team handles security operations and incident response, took part on a panel last week at the Campus Technology conference in Boston. Here's a selection of Hamer's more notable observations: Read More WHITE PAPER: Centrify Corporation Eight Great Reasons to Use Centrify with Office 365 We're bringing you eight great reasons to use Centrify with Office 365. Centrify Identity Service is an Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) solution that federates user identity from Active Directory, LDAP directories, or the Centrify Cloud Directory. 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