The Current Business Climate and Security Awareness

The protection and security of PII and corporate information needs to minimally be maintained in the current business climate. In fact I believe we must be even more vigilant to insure information security does not fall through the cracks. At times like these it is vitally important we maintain information security awareness, training and education programs.

These are tumultuous times, characterized by shot-gun mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructurings resulting in mass lay-offs. This corporate churn forces companies to change employee access to sensitive corporate data on very short notice, grant access privileges to new employees, adjust access privileges for re-assigned employees, and terminate access for former employees and contractors.

Organizations that are "identity aware" can successfully - and proactively - manage the IT risk associated with changing user access to applications and systems.