Compass IT Compliance Blog / Policies and Procedures (7)

Network Defense - Look at Policies and Training First

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I live in two worlds. The first is with Compass IT Compliance where most of our clients are small to medium businesses that don’t have their own security teams in house. The second is with the US Air Force where my only job is to help secure the entire enterprise. I am always blown aw …

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Securing Your Cloud Environment – Who is Responsible?

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The speed at which technology progresses is truly staggering. I am old enough to remember having to load 9-track magnetic tapes to install a patch, and marveled at the lightning fast 384k connection for an entire organization, thinking we had finally made the big time.

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How Information Security Approach Affects Organizational Culture

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In this technological era where big data drives innovation and companies are expanding the boundaries of their offerings, workforce, and geographic locations through automation, it’s easy to lose sight of some of the more human aspects of organizational operations.

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IT Security Policies and Procedures: Why You Need Them

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Policies and Procedures are two of the words that most employees dread to hear, especially when it comes to IT Security. Why does this phenomenon occur? Is it because people don’t want to be told what to do? Is it because people feel as though they are being “micromanaged” when they h …

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