Maverick staff, portable media, and stolen laptops are just some of the issues keeping CIOs and IT managers up at night, according to a panel discussion here this week. “Shortly after I came on board we had an experience where some burglars broke into one of our buildings and stole about eight laptops,” he said, explaining that the laptops contained personal information on employees. Since the theft, SAIC has developed a comprehensive strategy for dealing with both physical and cyber security. “As good as we’re getting at this thing, this is the one thing that keeps me awake at night,” said Cole. Another panelist, Richard Villars, the vice president of storage systems at IDC, highlighted the emerging risk posed by maverick, yet influential, members of staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The exec explained that Six Flags, which owns 29 parks in the U.S. and Mexico, is in the middle of a major IT restructuring, which involves “segmenting” different parts of the business for security purposes.<\/p>\n
“For example,” he said, “if we bring Kodak in to sell photos to our customers, they are on their segment and it can’t be hacked into.”<\/p>\n
Encryption was also high on the agenda during the panel debate, prompted by the apparent ambivalence of many IT managers toward the technology. Just over a quarter of respondents confirmed that they encrypt laptop data, although only 8 percent lock down data on all devices, such as USB drives.<\/p>\n
The biggest gripe from the panelists concerned the lack of security for portable media such as USB drives, which is something of an ongoing source of frustration for many IT managers.<\/p>\n
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