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Wednesday, 25 Jun , 2014

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Following constructive criticism of my original hastily chosen blog theme from @ThomLangford (“Please change that bloody theme!”) I have revamped. Hope you enjoy the new look Infospectives and my most recent blog post: Target, AT&T and Tears – Ways To Get A Grip On Supplier Security Risk  

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Following constructive criticism of my original hastily chosen blog theme from @ThomLangford (“Please change that bloody theme!”) I have revamped.
Hope you enjoy the new look Infospectives and my most recent blog post:
Target, AT&T and Tears – Ways To Get A Grip On Supplier Security Risk
 

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Having worked in IT and Information Security for 13 years, I've come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as information security risk. There are just business risks that have one or more security or IT related causes. There is a fundamental and persistent...