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May 21st, 2013
10 factors that impact the reporting structure of an IT organization. The
structure must support the goals of the organization and be consistent with its
culture and capabilities. Well-defined reporting structures are based on the IT
and business direction; take into account organizational barriers; and consider
the effect of combining or separating the functions that are targeted for
change. 
May 17th, 2013
Continuity Central survey asked the following question: "Does your
organization have clear processes or methods for the quality control of business
continuity plans and systems?" Of those who said that their organization did not have clear processes or
methods for the quality control of business continuity plans and systems the top
reasons given so far are: Respondents whose organization did undertake business continuity quality
control were asked to list the quality processes and methods that are in place.
To achieve these goals for Information Technology Janco has combined some of
its most popular products to help CIO and IT organizations to meet the most
strigent Quality Asssurance and Contol Standards. The Quality Assuarance and Quality Control Bundle includes:
May 15th, 2013
Read on - Chief
Information Officer(CIO)
Hot topics for CIOs
May 14th, 2013
Disaster Recovery is the process of fixing a failing, degraded or completely
damaged infrastructure. For example, the 2nd floor of a building was on fire;
the fire is now out so the initial crisis is over. Now the damage caused by fire
must be dealt with; there is water and smoke on the 2nd floor, the 3rd floor has
damages caused by smoke and the 1st floor has water damage. The cleanup,
replacement of furniture, repair of the building and its structure, painting,
plastering, etc. are all part of the disaster recovery plan. On the other hand, Business Continuity is how you continue to maintain
critical business functions during that crisis. Back to the example, when the
fire started, the alarm went off and people were evacuated from the building.
Let say you had a Call Center on the 2nd floor and this just happens to be a
critical area of your business. How would you continue to answer calls while
people are being evacuated? How would you answer calls while the building is
being inspected, repaired or rebuilt? Keeping the business running during this
time is Business Continuity. 
May 9th, 2013
One of the reasons why a corporation would want to create an office of the
chief mobility officer is to improve coordination of mobile initiatives. In the past few yeas social media and mobility have become an integral part
of our professional and personal lives, and is used for much more than just
talking to other people. One study last year found that mobile users spent
almost 50 percent more time using their mobile devices for social networking
than for phone calls. Social media applications are more popular than ever, reflecting users
preference to access the web on their mobile devices. Data shows that 73.6
percent of iPhone users actively connect to Facebook using the Facebook
application for iPhone, and the Android version of the application has a 30
percent higher penetration rate. In January of 2013, the number of total mobile
Facebook users was 680 million. It is clear that those who treat mobile threats, email threats, web threats
and other cyberthreats as separate and distinct risks are at greater risk than
those who adopt a more holistic and integrated security posture. Security
solutions that focus solely on mobile, email, web threats or similarly siloed
security approaches can no longer be trusted to defend against complex,
multistage attacks that can move between attack vectors.
May 2nd, 2013
Just released full job description for the Chief Mobility Officer hits all
of the targets for this position.
A Chief Mobility Officer is needed to direct the development and revisions to
policies and procedures for the general operation of the mobility initiatives
and its related activities. Some of the responsibilities of this role
include:
April 18th, 2013
With two-factor authentication, a user logging in to a service or device
supplies a second piece of information in addition to a password, thus making it
impossible for another party to gain illicit access to the user's accounts
without all the separate pieces of information. Following similar initiatives by Apple, Google and Facebook, Microsoft is
enabling two-factor authentication for its Microsoft Account service, the log-on
service for many of its online and desktop products. Microsoft is implementing additional verification methods such as a short
code sent to the user's mobile phone, which is then entered in addition to the
password, or by asking the user to supply additional information, such as an
alternative email address. Read more on passwords...
Complex passwords are very difficult to guess or even crack using
commonly available code breaking software. Password complexity is often built on
the length of the word and the difficulty one has in guessing it. The more
complex a password you create, the more secure you are making your data.
Passwords that feature uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and characters
are much more challenging for a hacker to crack. Integrating numbers and
characters into phrases also helps guard against dictionary attacks. However
that often is not enough.
April 16th, 2013
A statement from the White House National Security Council expressed support
for CISPA's broad goals but stressed the importance of having adequate privacy
protections built into the legislation. "We continue to believe that information-sharing improvements are essential
to effective legislation," NSC spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said in an emailed
statement on Thursday afternoon. "But they must include privacy and civil
liberties protections, reinforce the roles of civilian and intelligence
agencies, and include targeted liability protections."
Many organizations
fail to realize the benefits of security information management due to the often
exhaustive financial and human resource costs of implementing and maintaining
the software. However, Janco's' Security Manual Template - the industry
standard - provides the infrastructure tools to manage security, make smarter
security decisions and respond faster to security incidents and compliance
requests within days of implementation. The template provides a framework for
evaluating SIM services and shows how they could be applied within your
organization.
April 11th, 2013
The BYOD policy may stipulate that replacement of approved devices from a
disaster is the responsibility of the owner. It may state that the company may
capture and retain a full image of the user's system at a secure location (e.g.,
cloud-based backup service) for recovery if the device is damaged or
lost.Assuming security issues associated with a bring your
own device (BYOD) policy have been formalized in your disaster recovery policy,
the BYOD policy should then include provisions to have the intellectual property
contained in the personal device backed up at a prescribed frequency, such as
daily or twice per day, using an automated backup tool.
However you need to be aware of what tools do not back.
Forexample Carbonite does not backup .exe files -- your executable
programs. So if you lose your device you have to either re-install them or
get them from another source.
April 7th, 2013
The latest BLS data shows a slowing in the rate of job creation in the IT job
market. The CEO of Janco Associates said, "According to BLS there
were only 5,400 jobs created for IT professionals down from 9,800 created in
January. The impact of "sequester" has been felt by many. At the
same time more people continue to leave the job market even as the published
unemployment rate falls."Janco's says, "For the first time since the dot com bust Janco's
metrics show that hiring by CIOs is at a standstill there is a high degree of
uncertainty in the economic climate
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March 29th, 2013
HIPAA Compliant Hosting to medical and health care facilities throughout the
country. With cloud computing, disaster recovery has become very
cost-effective. Health care data can be backed up off-site or hosted in a
highly-available environment that maintains data integrity in the event of a
disaster. Also, redundancy can also be delivered in the cloud server
platform to provide failover protection.
March 14th, 2013
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Recent Posts: How do you balance the business continuity disaster recovery risk and
investment equation? Is the potential risk greater than the investment? The
facts are:
Disasters Happen -- Business Continuity Disaster Recovery
March 12th, 2013
The right way to evaluate the quality of your system and data protection is
to evaluate the Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective
(RPO). These metrics define how long you think it will take you to get back
online and how current the data has to be. Cloud-connected backup is a solution that can save time, money and ultimately
improve ability to maintain business continuity in the event of a disaster. For
that reason, the cloud is sold as miracle solution, causing some to wonder, "is
this just a lot of hype?" People want the truth about how much the cloud
can contribute to a comprehensive and reliable business continuity solution. The cloud is not magic and there are things it can't do. It can't
develop your customers' business continuity plans for them. The cloud cannot
replace equipment that was damaged, and the cloud cannot create a new office if
their workspace was destroyed. Despite the cloud's inability to build your customers new office furniture,
it is invaluable when you need to help them quickly and reliably recover data
and systems. It can get them up and running faster, and for less money than it
would cost to operate a hot site. A fail-proof cloud-connected disaster recovery
backup solution with top-notch customer service provides a definitive edge for
business resiliency and continuity.
Cloud Disaster Recovery
and Security
March 1st, 2013
Security study by Ponemon finds:
future such incidents.
February 18th, 2013
Written policies represent the only way for CIOs and the
executive management team to clearly communicate the way it would like employees
to conduct the business of the organization. Without well-managed policies,
companies are left to ad-hoc decisions made unilaterally. Research shows that
well-run companies suffering the least loss of sensitive data and IT downtime
have strong policy management programs. However, most organizations do not have
a policy management solution which provides end users with easy access to
policies.
February 9th, 2013
The
"Blizzard of 2013" -- the 100
year storm blanketed the east coast with over 3 feet inches of snow on top
of hurricane Sandy. Many potential IT disasters from this blizzard
were saved by the fact that it happened over the weekend. CIOs then had to be concerned about the potential damage from extended power
outages, roof collapses from the weight of the snow, and water and other related
potential damages from the aftermath of the event. Adding to that the
damage from Sandy still had not been completely repaired. Many CIO had a well executable I/S disaster recovery plan in place but
did they activate it on time?
February 8th, 2013
They found that companies often do not take steps to address data leakage.
Only 47 percent of respondents said their organizations take action when
employees leave with sensitive information in violation of company policy. In
addition, 68 percent said their organization does not take steps to ensure
employees do not use confidential competitive information from third parties.
Employees on the other hand say:According to a new report by Symantec, half of the employees who
left or lost their jobs in the last 12 months kept confidential corporate data,
and about 40 percent plan to use it in their new jobs.
January 28th, 2013
Janco has just released version 7.4 of it Disaster Recovery Business
Continuity Template. Updates to the template have been:Version 7.4
Version 7.3
Version 7.2
Version 7.1
Version 7.0
January 21st, 2013
Janco's Disaster Recovery Business Continuity template includes the
framework, process, procedures and tools necessary to: The most common problem with many Disaster Recovery Business Continuity
solutions is the lack of governance integration between BC and DR. This often
leads to disconnected initiatives, as well as misalignment of business direction
and technology strategies, which could hinder timely recovery after a
disruption. Establishing an integrated governance model for a Disaster Recovery Business
Continuity plan is not a simple undertaking. According to the a recent
study:
January 18th, 2013
Bring Your Own Device Policy - BYOD Policy- updated to to meet Disaster
Recovery, Business Continuity and Corporate Intellectural Property
Requirements. Assuming security issues associated with a bring your own device (BYOD)
policy have been formalized in your disaster recovery policy, Janco's BYOD
policy includes provisions to have the intellectual property contained in the
personal device backed up at a prescribed frequency, such as daily or twice per
day, using an automated backup tool. The BYOD policy stipulates that replacement of approved devices from a
disaster is the responsibility of the owner. It also states that the company may
capture and retain a full image of the user's system at a secure location (e.g.,
cloud-based backup service) for recovery if the device is damaged or
lost.