Introduction Bring your own device (BYOD) is the business policy of letting employees bring their own devices at workplace for doing work. The concept has gained popularity in recent years mainly due to the following reasons: Employees are more willing to spend …

Introduction In an effort to focus on core competencies, reduce costs incurred and increase efficiency, organizations today are increasingly outsourcing business processes, data transactions, IT & network systems and other support services. Further, there has been an ever-growing emphasis on governance, risk …

Background Information security leaders today are under intense pressure, charged with protecting their organization’s Information assets – Information, customer data, intellectual property etc. Most Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) are now getting more attention from senior executives than two years ago.  With …

What is Governance? Governance is the system by which an organization is directed and controlled. It consists of a set of responsibilities that give strategic guidance to management to run the organization smoothly. Its core principles are driven by maintaining organization vision, …

Birth of Sarbanes Oxley Act Well known scams of early 21st century like Enron and WorldCom were based on malicious/fraudulent accounting practices like inflating revenues, inadequate financial reporting and improper accounting entries. The companies indulged in these activities to hide their debts …

Usually when one talks about Information Security audit, governance, risk management, compliance and such topics it is dubbed “management-speak” and wished away by hacker community members. It worked the same way for the management people too who wished away the geeky types …