Archive for April, 2008

SIP Strategy: Part Two – Intelligent Perimeters

April 24th, 2008 Bill Murphy

Part one (client integrity) is here.
The following are some questions to ask yourself as you develop the second step of your Security, Identity and Privacy (SIP) Strategy.
Identity-Aware Perimeters
1. What is this? What does it mean to me?
2. What external systems need access to my network? What rights, permissions, and privileges do they need? How [...]

Remote Access, Compliance, Security, and Disaster Recovery all in ONE!

April 21st, 2008 Bill Murphy

This week was interesting. In the latter half of 2007, I worked with a $400 million credit union to develop a 2-year road map for budgeting and IT strategy. I’d worked closely with the credit union EVP to formulate and solidify his thoughts in strategic areas for the executive team and board. Business optimization was [...]

CASE STUDY: How to Recession Proof Your Credit Union with Strategic IT Spending

April 21st, 2008 Bill Murphy

Here are a few “what-if” scenarios for your IT vision:
*What if your IT infrastructure were “plug-n-play”?
*What if your IT infrastructure were “portable”?
*What if your countless data bases were “portable” and “consolidated”?
*How would your DR and infrastructure spending change if you knew that $1.00 in spending could gain you critical compliance momentum regarding DR, infrastructure, and [...]

SIP Strategy: Part One – Client Integrity

April 2nd, 2008 Bill Murphy

The quickest way to develop an enterprise-wide Security, Identity and Privacy (SIP) strategy is for a credit union senior executive to lose one of the following: PC, laptop, cell phone, or blackberry.
That may seem a bit sarcastic, but I think that many credit union senior executives think that perimeter security is a firewall and maybe [...]