Management Awareness

What’s In A Name?

A trick I learned in the ’80’s . . . Probably saved me . . . and the teams I served . . . thousands of hours! Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . Naming goals and projects is a basic practic...

I don’t know . . .

a great answer . . . Especially if you follow-up by hunting down the answer! Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . Once upon a time . . . in the early aughts . . . I listened to a veterinarian on a local...

Another New Leaf

from Dan’s New Role . . . And note the date! Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . Once again, I am turning over a new leaf. Those who have not been following this blog for its full fourteen-year ...

R7-2023

Top Seven Risks . . . that small bank Information Security Officers face in 2023! When we present audit reports to boards of directors, we also talk to the board about the top risks the institution is facing. Since 2006, we have been compiling a list of the “top seven ...

Adam Reads: The “Project Management” Guidance Summary

A new way of helping people “read” new guidance… Look for more in the future! To save you time, we are proud to present “Adam Reads” . . . recorded versions of our Guidance Summaries! Below you can find an embedded player for the audio fil...

GoTo Breach Response

infotex and GoTo To all infotex managed security service Clients: As recently reported by major news outlets there was a data breach affecting GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) wherein attackers stole encrypted backups containing customer information in November 2022. Based on t...

The Magnificent Seven 2023

Seven Trends . . . …that small bank Information Security Officers face in 2023 Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . Welcome to the Magnificent Seven, my annual predictive article about the seven tr...

NIST Announces Retirement of SHA-1

The cryptographic algorithm is vulnerable to attack and is no longer considered secure… An article review. NIST has announced that it plans to retire the SHA-1 cryptographic algorithm by the end of 2030, citing multiple vulnerabilities in the standard, effectivel...

P-7 The Top Seven Awareness Posters 2022

Trending: Awareness Posters Meet Infographics Here are the top seven posters as of the last twelve months! As always, our Awareness Posters were a hit in 2022! So we decided to run some reports to see what our most popular posters were since November 2021....

Think Like a Hacker: The Importance of The Red Team

A new study highlights the benefits of looking at your network from the other side… An article review. If you were trying to attack your organization’s network, how would you start? That’s a question you may not have asked yourself, but experts say i...

Management Awareness

What’s In A Name?

I don’t know . . .

Another New Leaf

R7-2023

Adam Reads: The “Project Management” Guidance Summary

GoTo Breach Response

The Magnificent Seven 2023

NIST Announces Retirement of SHA-1

P-7 The Top Seven Awareness Posters 2022

Think Like a Hacker: The Importance of The Red Team

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