"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.";— Albert Camus.
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Is your organization prepared? (i.e. something is going to happen eventually).
Building "resilency" into your entire operation is one of the best long term "investments" an organization can make, i.e. I highly recommend it.
Finally, making your organization's preparedness program "robust" is like getting
in shape, i.e. you need to eat right and exercise (to be truly heathly) - and no one really enjoys doing the right things (its kind of boring) but the reward is there.
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1. Welcome to the July 2006 CPM Industry Insider.
http://www.contingencyplanning.com/e-newsletters/insiders/jul06.htm
2. The CPM home page.
http://www.contingencyplanning.com/
3. Five Years After 9/11: Are We Better Prepared?
http://www.drj.com/drj-express/Summer2006/DRJeXpress-Vol3-Iss3.html
4. The DRJ home page.
http://www.drj.com/
5. The leading resource for BCP, DR, and Emergency Management (below).
THE very best source for BCP, DR, and EM publications
a) Publications - http://www.rothstein.com/data/index.htm
b) Web links - http://www.rothstein.com/links/links.html
c) Jan’s home page - http://www.rothstein.com/
6. & Finally -- Business Continuity + Auditing Business Continuity.
(i.e. the two books everyone should read)
http://www.rothstein.com/data/dr725prom.htm
Enjoy.
Dan
p.s. Auditor Standards May Get a Second Look
http://www.cfo.com/blogs/index.cfm/l_detail/7216570?f=TodayInFinance072606
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http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dans_SECemails/
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NEW - Auditor Answers: Software for Expediting Regulatory Audits
http://www.itcinstitute.com/display.aspx?id=1953
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ALSO -- SEC Notice 153/2006 - Are you getting your IT house in order?_______\__________________________________________________________
“Quality is not a sprint; it is a long-distance event.” ~Daniel Hunt.
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“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere
effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice
of many alternatives."— William A. Foster.
"Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about
achieving it and staying with that plan."; - Tom Landry.
"Well done is better than well said."; -- Benjamin Franklin.
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Are you getting your IT house in order?
Are your IT efforts driven by a long term IT architectural plan?
Is your IT infrastructure stronger today than it was 3 years ago?
Where will your IT application portfolio be in 5 years?
Do you engineer (design) your security and privacy requirements?
(& a really tough one).
Is your "records management" practices in the 21st century?
When will it be?
Read on...
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1. CIO COUNCIL ISSUES THIRD VERSION OF FEA SECURITY/PRIVACY PROFILE
In the latest version of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Security and Privacy Profile, the CIO Council for the first time gives agencies a document that is built
from reality. (that's a good thing). The profile outlines 17 security and 17 privacy control areas, which provide a common terminology and framework. The security control areas includes risk assessment, planning, system and services acquisition, while the privacy control areas include policies and procedures, monitoring and measuring and acceptable use.
The guidance said by layering security and privacy over the EA, it will ensure every aspect of the business receives appropriate attention. It also will promote interoperability and helps to make sure employees use standard capabilities.
“The FEA SPP provides an opportunity for agencies to take an enterprise perspective of security and privacy and establish processes to identify requirements, leverage capabilities and manage investments effectively,” the profile said. “As agencies implement the FEA SPP, they will find opportunities to share resources and capabilities across domains, programs and agencies.”
The article - http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/41450-1.html
The document - http://cio.gov/documents/Security_and_Privacy_Profile_v2.pdf
2. OMB issues FEA Records Management Profile
The article - http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/37969-1.html
The guide - http://cio.gov/documents/RM_Profile_v1.pdf
note - records management is fundamental to long term success.
3. Enterprise Architecture resources at GCN.
http://www.gcn.com/enterprise-architecture/
4. CIO COUNCIL's efforts - <MASSIVE & worthy of "extensive" study>.
http://www.cio.gov/
5. CIO COUNCIL's entreprise architecture guidance - <TRULY EXTENSIVE>.
http://www.cio.gov/index.cfm?functionfiltered=showdocs&category=Architecture
Enjoy,
Dan
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p.s. I welcome receiving links to your favorite architectural "guidance" resources.
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