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As mentioned in Part 2 of this blog series, Awareness is the first step in the 6 Essential Steps to Proactive Prevention. Step 2 is Collecting the Dots. What does Collecting the Dots involve? Collecting the Dots is critical because without this step, there are no “dots” to assess and connect, making prevention impossible. Collecting the dots involves gathering information and reports of pre-incident indicators, warning signs and red flags, concerning behaviors, suspicious activities, social media evidence, survey data and historical information. Why else is Collecting the Dots such a critical step? Your organization’s threat assessment/risk assessment team cannot prevent things they don’t know about.Read More →

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  If you have been following the bullying case in Massachusetts, you know all too well that lack of awareness can kill. Lessons learned clearly show a lack of awareness kills: People Careers Credibility Confidentiality Bottom Lines Reputations Strategies And more…   Lessons learned in schools, banks, hospitals, manufacturing, government and most every other sector continue to demonstrate how lack of awareness creates gaps, poor decisions and unwanted results. There are many different types of awareness: Situational Awareness Security Awareness Privacy Awareness Risk Awareness Customer Awareness Brand Awareness And numerous others…   Does your organization’s management realize they are responsible for awareness?  Awareness must be managedRead More →

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A title to an article in SmartMoney caught my attention because it read “Dingbat Data Leaks”. I think it caught my attention because over the last 27+ years or so, I have worked with my share of IT and IS department managers, as well spending many years working with end-users and I am not sure I understand who the author is referring to as the “dingbats”? The author mentions absurd incidents and common blunder incidents….so: Are the people that throw away sensitive records in the trash the dingbats?   Are the people that lose flash drives and laptops the dingbats? Is the gas station attendant whoRead More →