If new workers want BlackBerries, remote access and Facebook access, should they get it? It depends on whether they need it, and managers need to understand the difference between cool and necessary
No security system is 100 per cent bullet-proof, according to common wisdom. There are limits to what security technology and processes can protect. So what can be done about that small but potentially devastating percentage that cannot be secured?
A consortium of six of Australia's major providers of general insurance has inked a multi-million dollar contract with IBM Corp. to deliver the industry's first centralized electronic compliance Hub.
The challenges and problems of computer and network security won't be adequately addressed until companies can be held liable for their software and the use of their computer systems and until insurance companies begin to offer computer intrusion insurance, says one expert.
Under competitive pressures, insurance companies are finding they need to create easy-to-use systems driven by the needs of customers and business partners rather than internal product groups.