Security and the impact of technology on work/life balance and the greater legal questions

Some thoughts on security and the impact of technology on work/life balance and the greater legal questions Enabling technology vs. constraining regulation: An uncomfortable path to 2020? Im an invited speaker at the event on January 22 , 2013 at the London Offices of Kemp Little, a leading technology and digital media law firm. Register here http://www.kemplittle.com/OurEvents/item.aspx?List={B7C16B0E-493A-469D-AB02-E8BE266A7A39}&ID=113#.UPBnq-R1GSo

Impact of technology on work life balance and capabilities – Mobile devices mean data in available anywhere potentially – New connectivity of work and personal environments – New Business and social models emerging and progressive – Synchronicity of data across multiple devices, platforms – Digital Realism – a new rise in Machine to Machine and Machine Learning

Big issues – Cyber attacks – e.g. US Banking DDOS Denial of Service Attack. A complex Virus and masquerade attack on “Private secure” Data Centers and distributed Network – Compliance and legislation issues – Audit controls SA70, ISO27001 IT systems security management not adequate for Digital Privacy Management currently in my view. – Impact on decisions to outsource or insource IT services. Rise of Amazon Business Services is growing but new aggregation and orchestration platforms – Business Services are also growing on the Big Software Platforms like SAP, Oracle, IBM, HP. Its all moving very fast. BIG QUESTION – where do you build your Platforms for your company and employees. Do you leave it to them ? what’s the consequences of maverick sales and buying by employees and vendors alike

Three key technical issues in Cyber security – Identity and Access Management (Identifying who are the bad guys) – Computing Environment Harding ( What to do if the bad guys get in..) – Trust Zones – do you know what they are and where they are in your enterprise and business ??

A number of Policies both legal, technical and commercial can be made on these technical challenges – Digital innovation and entrepreneurship maters first – IP and copyright are just legal devices. You need to foster Innovation quickly and to manage this properly. – GRC – Governance , Risk, Compliance Management – Don’t try to manage complex Systems Integration by legal contracts alone – its fine in the sales “deal” but you have to live with the consequences across the TCO of the system lifecycle. Get help in managing standards and controls so that SLAs mean something in Operational use , not just on a sales contract. – DR, BC planning and HA availability does need to be planned – its not magic. This can be managed stronger in Legal contracts

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