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  Recently, Awareity’s CEO, Rick Shaw, was asked to present at the Infotec conference in Omaha.   During his presentation, “The Truths (and Myths) About Assessments, Planning and Implementing”, Rick discussed the three-legged stool each organization is sitting on, and the importance of all three legs (Assessments, Planning/Developing and Implementing). Most organizations understand the importance of assessments and planning, but where many fail to deliver is in the implementation phase.   As we have seen with numerous headlines and lessons learned, a failure to implement can lead to expensive fines, lawsuits, breaches and losses.  Rick used a case study for CVS Caremark.   Due to employees carelessly tossingRead 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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According to a recent survey released by the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG), about 1 in 6 consumers have at some point acted on a spam message.  Those who admitted to opening a spam message said they “were interested in a product or service” or “wanted to see what would happen if they opened it.” Wanted to see what would happen if they opened it!?   These people are not 6-year olds wanting to see what would happen if they touched the hot stove or stuck their tongue to a flag pole during an ice storm! Nearly 2/3 of the people surveyed felt they were veryRead More →

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Lost or stolen laptops and other digital media are the cause of more than 40% of data breaches. Business travelers lose more than 10,000 laptops per week in U.S. airports. An estimated 11,300 laptop computers, 31,400 handheld computers and 200,000 mobile telephones were left in taxis around the world during a recent six month period. While these statistics may seem outrageous, I was recently on vacation in Chicago when one of my friends accidentally left his laptop sitting on the train.  While his immediate response was, “Oh, *%$&!”, my thought was “Oh, no, I am going to have to blog about my friend’s company andRead More →