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  • RSA Conference: Where the World Talks Secuirty (11 - 13 October)

    RSA Conference Europe kicks off today and runs through to 13th October.

     

    The Conference is the most comprehensive forum in information security offering enterprise and technical professional’s one-stop learning.

    Cybercrime, Malware incidents, Data breaches, and Compliance legislation are affecting every organizations security and compliance posture and a balanced perspective is required.

    The changing security landscape means you can’t leave anything to chance. Giampiero Saracino, Head of Security and Risk Management Consulting at EMC Consulting is available for a private ‘no charge’ 30mins advisory consulting meeting at the conference. If you are at the conference you can book a time via the RSA Booth D1.

     

    If you are interested in a more focused session, EMC Consulting can provide a one day Trust Analysis Workshop or a more detailed 6 – 12 week Security, Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Assessment Service.

     

    Interesting keynotes to catch over the next couple of days:

    ·         RSA’s CEO Art Coviello’s Opening Address on "Surviving an Advanced Persistent Threat"  

    ·         Tom Corn's panel on 7 Defensive Measures Against Targeted Attacks

    ·        Sam Curry's presentation on the Compliant Cloud: Managing Compliance & Attestation for Cloud Services"

     

     

    The joint RSA practice of EMC Consulting provides advice and strategic guidance on end-to-end solutions for reducing risk, reducing cost and increasing information governance.

     

    For more information click here:

    http://www.emc.com/services/consulting/security-risk-mgmt/index.htm

  • Journey to Your Cloud: Part 4 – It all comes down to trust…

    In Part 4 we look at the key considerations you need to make when building your Trusted Cloud Framework.

     

    In a recent survey by Gartner the top barriers to businesses adopting Cloud centred on trust. This should hardly be surprising. The perception that Cloud is inherently insecure still colours the perspective of many business decision makers. This holds them back from embracing Cloud because of their (quite understandable) concerns about the security of information and systems once they are taken outside the enterprise.

    For a trusted computing environment, whether cloud-based or not, there are six sets of requirements you need to satisfy: compliance, governance, risk management, availability, integrity, and confidentiality/privacy.

     To read the rest of this blog go to: http://www.cio.co.uk/opinion/hamilton/2011/04/19/journey-to-your-cloud-part-4---it-all-comes-down-to-trust/

  • Journey to Your Cloud: Part 2 - Making your case to the business

    Part 2 looks at how to build an actionable and sustainable plan for establishing your business case for cloud transformation. It paints the vision for the end-state, and how to secure a critical mass of sponsorship within the organization among the key business stakeholders.

    EMC Consulting has a wealth experience of delivering major IT transformation programmes for some the largest blue chip customers across the globe.

     

    As a result CIO magazine approached us to write a series of blogs on the “The Journey to your Cloud”.  Over the coming days and weeks Sandra Hamilton, Vice President, EMC Consulting, EMEA who passionately believes that Cloud can make a huge difference to the value and impact afforded by IT to the organisation will provide a detailed overview of each stage of the journey. 

     

    To read Part 2 click here: http://www.cio.co.uk/opinion/hamilton/2011/04/14/journey-to-your-cloud-part-2---making-your-case-to-the-business/

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