IT security often stands a better chance of being listened to by the business if it’s located outside the IT department - according to chief security officers meeting in a recent Corporate IT Forum security workshop.
Security chiefs taking part in the wide ranging debate reported that when Information Security ‘sits’ within IT, it can mean […]

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As businesses suffer from a harsh economic climate, it seems that many are looking to take bigger business risks for larger returns - and to dramatically cut costs for ‘non-essential’ security plans and procedures.
Whilst it’s entirely understandable that business managers will be searching for high-risk opportunities that can help them beat the competition - security […]

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According to press reports, SAP’s changes to its support service contracts could see costs increase from 17 per cent of contract value to 22 per cent.
However, initial research among the Forum indicates that awareness of the changes is low and among those that have been told, frustrations are high.
Many feel that the price hikes are […]

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Consumers have seen increased competition in the telecoms market and a genuine choice of products and tariffs as a result - so why hasn’t the same happened for corporate customers?

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Selling unwanted or out of date PCs and laptops to staff received an overwhelming thumbs down from members taking part in a recent online debate.Having trialled such schemes, users report that selling old kit can place a major burden on already busy IT departments.
Selling means that IT staff have to spend time thoroughly cleaning data […]

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Benchmarking outsourced contracts with the Forums’ CPI service can be quicker and cheaper than employing consultants. Stephen Pritchard’s article in the FT reports on approaches to benchmarking. Read the full article here.

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