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< P > W h a t d o y o u m e a n I c a n t d o w n l o a d f i l l - i n - t h e - b l a n k ? A s I T m a n a g e r s w e a r e c o n s t a n t l y b e r a t e d b y u s e r s b e c a u s e t h e y w a n t t o d o s o m e t h i n g o n t h e i r c o m p a n y c o m p u t e r t h a t w e k n o w t h e y s h o u l d n t . B u t g e t t i n g u s e r s t o c o n f o r m t o r e a s o n a b l e s t a n d a r d s i s a r e a l c h a l l e n g e f o r m o s t I T d e p a r t m e n t s . W e l i v e i n t h e i n f o r m a t i o n a g e a n d w i t h t h e b e n e f i t s o f t e c h n o l o g y c o m e t h e a s s o c i a t e d r i s k s a n d l i a b i l i t i e s . T h e s a m e t o o l s t h a t a l l o w p r o d u c t i v i t y g a i n s h a v e t h e p o t e n t i a l t o d i m i n i s h w o r k e r p r o d u c t i v i t y a n d t o e x p o s e t h e c o m p a n y t o h a r m f u l c o n t e n t a s w e l l a s r e g u l a t o r y a n d l e g a l l i a b i l i t i e s . < / P > < P > M a n y b u s i n e s s e x e c u t i v e s d o n o t y e t g r a s p t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f p r o t e c t i n g I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y a s s e t s f r o m l i a b i l i t i e s a n d n e e d t o f o c u s o n t h e l e g a l i t i e s s u r r o u n d i n g I T a s w e l l a s t h e u s e o f I T s y s t e m s b y e m p l o y e e s . I f y o u t a k e a m o m e n t t o r e a d a n y n e w s p a p e r y o u w i l l l i k e l y f i n d s e v e r a l i n s t a n c e s i n w h i c h e i t h e r b y i g n o r a n c e o r d e s i g n , e m p l o y e e s h a v e u s e d c o m p a n y I T a s s e t s i n a w a y t h a t p u t s t h e c o m p a n y a t r i s k , o r w o r s e : g e t s t h e m i n s e r i o u s h o t w a t e r . < / P > < P > S o w h y a r e n t c o m p a n i e s f o c u s i n g o n t h e s e r i s k s ? I n m y e x p e r i e n c e a l a r g e p a r t o f t h e p r o b l e m l i e s i n s t a f f n o t k n o w i n g h o w t o b e g i n w r i t i n g a c c e p t a b l e u s e p o l i c i e s f o r I T s y s t e m s . T h e n a d d t o t h a t h u r d l e t h e f a c t s o f c o n s t r a i n e d b u d g e t s , l i m i t e d s t a f f a n d t h a t a t y p i c a l I T m a n a g e r w i l l l i k e l y a s s u m e t h e c o m p a n y l e g a l d e p a r t m e n t w i l l a d v i s e o f a n y n e e d t o c h a n g e p o l i c i e s o r t h e m a n a g e m e n t o f I T a s s e t s . A n d a t t h e s a m e t i m e , m a n a g e m e n t i s o c c u p i e d w i t h r u n n i n g t h e b u s i n e s s a n d a s s u m e s t h a t I T a n d l e g a l w i l l m a n a g e a n y i s s u e s r e l a t e d t o t h e s e a s s e t s . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h e l e g a l d e p a r t m e n t t y p i c a l l y u n d e r s t a n d s t h e b r o a d e r l a w s b u t d o e s n o t n e c e s s a r i l y f o c u s o n d a y - t o - d a y I T o p e r a t i o n a l i s s u e s . < / P > < P > L i a b i l i t i e s w i l l b e r e d u c e d i f t h e f o c u s o f I T , l e g a l a n d t h e b u s i n e s s s i d e o f t h e h o u s e a r e p u l l e d t o g e t h e r , t o p u t i n t o p l a c e r e a s o n a b l e a n d e f f e c t i v e p o l i c i e s , p r o c e d u r e s , d i s c i p l i n a r y s t a n d a r d s a n d c o m p a n y - w i d e e d u c a t i o n a l p r o g r a m s . I n a d d i t i o n , i n d o i n g s o w i l l g i v e I T m a n a g e r s a d e f e n d a b l e p o s i t i o n a g a i n s t t h o s e u s e r s w h o b e r a t e t h e m ! P o l i c i e s a n d p r o c e d u r e s a r e a c r i t i c a l f i r s t s t e p i n p r o t e c t i n g t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n s v i t a l e n t e r p r i s e I T a s s e t s . T h e s e s a m e p o l i c i e s , w h i l e p r o t e c t i n g a s s e t s a n d a s s i s t i n g I T s t a f f i n m a n a g i n g u s e r p r o b l e m s , a r e a l s o u s e d a s a d e f e n s e a g a i n s t p o t e n t i a l l e g a l l i a b i l i t i e s . < / P > < P > A l e g a l l y c o m p l i a n t I T d e p a r t m e n t m u s t a d d r e s s s e v e r a l a r e a s o f c o n c e r n , s u c h a s s o f t w a r e l i c e n s e c o m p l i a n c e , t h e a p p r o p r i a t e u s e o f t h e I n t e r n e t a n d e - m a i l , d a t a p r o t e c t i o n , p r i v a c y a n d m o r e . < / P > < P > T h o u g h p r o p e r s o f t w a r e l i c e n s i n g i s t h e m o s t f r e q u e n t l y c o n s i d e r e d t o p i c o f I T c o m p l i a n c e , c o m p a n i e s f a c e o t h e r e q u a l l y i m p o r t a n t I T a s s e t l i a b i l i t y i s s u e s . I n a p p r o p r i a t e u s e o f e - m a i l a n d t h e I n t e r n e t i s a s w i d e s p r e a d a p r o b l e m a s c o p y r i g h t v i o l a t i o n s ( s o f t w a r e p i r a c y ) . B a n d w i d t h a b u s e a n d l o s t e m p l o y e e p r o d u c t i v i t y a r e t w o a d d i t i o n a l a r e a s o f c o n c e r n f o r m o s t e m p l o y e r s . N o t o n l y s h o u l d a p o l i c y c o v e r a p p r o p r i a t e u s e b u t i n a p p r o p r i a t e u s e a s w e l l . < / P > < P > E - m a i l c o n t e n t f i l t e r i n g h a s b e c o m e a p o p u l a r s o l u t i o n f o r b l o c k i n g d o c u m e n t s c o n t a i n i n g o b s c e n e , r a c i s t , o f f e n s i v e o r e x p l i c i t w o r d s a n d p h r a s e s a s w e l l a s f o r v i r u s p r e v e n t i o n . A n o t h e r b e n e f i t o f e - m a i l c o n t e n t f i l t e r i n g i s t h e r e d u c t i o n o f l e a k s o f c o n f i d e n t i a l c o m p a n y d a t a . S t a t i s t i c s r e v e a l t h a t m o s t s e c u r i t y b r e a c h e s o r i g i n a t e f r o m w i t h i n t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n , t h e r e f o r e a n o r g a n i z a t i o n m u s t a l s o m o n i t o r w h a t f i l e s a r e l e a v i n g t h e n e t w o r k . < / P > < P > S i g n i f i c a n t c a s e l a w s u p p o r t s t h e v e r i t y t h a t e - m a i l a n d I n t e r n e t m o n i t o r i n g i s l e g a l w h e n a c o m p a n y p r o v i d e s t h e s y s t e m s o n w h i c h t h e e m p l o y e e u s e s t h e s e p r o d u c t s . A n e m p l o y e e d o e s n o t h a v e a r e a s o n a b l e e x p e c t a t i o n o f p r i v a c y w h e n u s i n g t h e s e t o o l s . H o w e v e r , i t i s e s s e n t i a l t h a t t h e e m p l o y e e b e a d v i s e d o f t h e c o m p a n y p o l i c i e s o n t h e s e i s s u e s a n d t h a t t h e p o l i c i e s a r e c l e a r , w e l l d i s s e m i n a t e d a n d s u p p o r t e d c o m p a n y - w i d e . < / P > < P > P r i v a c y a n d o t h e r f o r m s o f d a t a p r o t e c t i o n a r e a n o t h e r b i g a r e a o f c o n c e r n f o r b u s i n e s s e s . F i n e s f r o m r e g u l a t o r y b o d i e s a n d l o s s o f c o m p e t i t i v e d a t a h a v e c o n t i n u e d t o p u s h o r g a n i z a t i o n s t o i n c r e a s e c o n t r o l o v e r t h e s e a s s e t s , t o r e d u c e a s s o c i a t e d l i a b i l i t i e s a n d r i s k s . < / P > < P > T h e w a y t o e f f i c i e n t l y e d u c a t e u s e r s i s t o a d o p t , i m p l e m e n t a n d e n f o r c e p o l i c i e s a n d p r o c e d u r e s d e t a i l i n g t h e D o s a n d D o n t s o f c o m p u t e r c o n d u c t a n d e x p l a i n i n g h o w t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n d e a l s w i t h t h e c o m p l e t e l i f e c y c l e o f i t s I T a s s e t s . < / P > < P > R e g a r d l e s s o f t h e s i z e o f y o u r o r g a n i z a t i o n , s t a r t b y c r e a t i n g a p r o j e c t t e a m t o a d m i n i s t e r t h e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f a n I T c o m p l i a n c e p r o g r a m . T h e s i z e o f t h e t e a m w i l l v a r y f r o m o n e c o m p a n y t o t h e n e x t , b u t r e g a r d l e s s o f t h e s i z e , t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n w i l l n e e d t o c o m m i t a p p r o p r i a t e r e s o u r c e s , b o t h h u m a n a n d f i n a n c i a l , f o r t h e p r o j e c t t o b e a s u c c e s s . < / P > < P > T h e p r o j e c t t e a m s h o u l d c o n s i s t o f a s e n i o r m e m b e r o f t h e I T d e p a r t m e n t , t o p r o v i d e t o p - l e v e l e x p o s u r e ; o f h u m a n r e s o u r c e s , t o e n s u r e n o p o l i c y v i o l a t e s e x i s t i n g r e g u l a t i o n s a n d t o e n s u r e t h a t t h e r e a r e a p p r o p r i a t e s t e p s i n p l a c e t o d i s c i p l i n e v i o l a t o r s ; o f l e g a l c o u n s e l , t o e n s u r e t h a t p o l i c i e s a n d p r o c e d u r e s d r a f t e d b y t h e t e a m a r e t h o r o u g h l y r e v i e w e d a n d c o n s e c r a t e d ; a n d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s f r o m l a r g e d e p a r t m e n t s , a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , s e c u r i t y , t r a i n i n g , I T , e t c . I f m o r e t h a n o n e p h y s i c a l l o c a t i o n e x i s t s , b e s u r e t o i n c l u d e a m e m b e r f r o m e a c h s i t e t o e n s u r e t h a t t h e i r s p e c i f i c n e e d s a n d l i m i t a t i o n s a r e c o n s i d e r e d a s w e l l . < / P > < P > F o l l o w i n g i s a l i s t o f t h e a r e a s t h a t s h o u l d b e c o v e r e d . ( N o t e : t h i s l i s t m a y n o t b e c o m p r e h e n s i v e f o r e v e r y e n v i r o n m e n t a n d s o m e a r e a s m a y n o t a p p l y t o e v e r y o r g a n i z a t i o n ) : < / P > < P > B e g i n w i t h a n o v e r a l l o p e n i n g s t a t e m e n t b y t h e C E O ( o r e q u i v a l e n t ) o f t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n t o n o t o n l y a d d v a l u a b l e c o r p o r a t e w e i g h t t o t h e p o l i c i e s b u t a l s o t o s h o w t h a t t h e s e p o l i c i e s c o m e f r o m t h e v e r y t o p a n d a r e b e i n g e m b r a c e d b y e v e r y o n e i n t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n , i n c l u d i n g t h e B o a r d . < / P > < P > T h e n c r e a t e p o l i c i e s f o r t h e f o l l o w i n g e s s e n t i a l a r e a s : < / P > < P > S o f t w a r e r e q u i s i t i o n , a c q u i s i t i o n , d e l i v e r y , i n s t a l l a t i o n a n d l i c e n s e c o m p l i a n c e E x p l a i n t h a t s o f t w a r e a c q u i s i t i o n i s r e s t r i c t e d i n o r d e r t o e n s u r e t h a t t h e c o m p a n y h a s a c o m p l e t e r e c o r d o f a l l s o f t w a r e t h a t h a s b e e n p u r c h a s e d f o r c o m p a n y c o m p u t e r s a n d c a n r e g i s t e r , s u p p o r t a n d u p g r a d e s a i d s o f t w a r e . < / P > < P > S o f t w a r e a n d H a r d w a r e D i s p o s a l O f t e n f o r g o t t e n , t h i s p o l i c y m a k e s s u r e t h a t s o f t w a r e / h a r d w a r e i s d i s p o s e d o f i n a c o n t r o l l e d m a n n e r . A n o r g a n i z a t i o n m a y h a v e a d d i t i o n a l d i s p o s a l r e q u i r e m e n t s a n d / o r o p t i o n s . < / P > < P > S h a r e w a r e , F r e e w a r e , P u b l i c D o m a i n , G a m e s , F o n t s , S c r e e n s a v e r s a n d W a l l p a p e r T h i s p o l i c y i s i m p o r t a n t , s i n c e u s e r s o f t e n t h i n k t h a t b e c a u s e s o f t w a r e i s f r e e o r o n e v a l u a t i o n , i t f a l l s o u t s i d e t h e b o u n d a r i e s o f t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n s s o f t w a r e p o l i c i e s , a n d t h e y a r e u n a w a r e o f t h e l i c e n s i n g i s s u e s s u r r o u n d i n g t h e s e t y p e s o f s o f t w a r e . I n m a n y c a s e s , t h e s e a r e c o p y r i g h t e d m a t e r i a l s a n d m a y b e u s e d o n l y i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e l i c e n s e a g r e e m e n t o f t h e p u b l i s h e r . < / P > < P > P a s s w o r d s , S e c u r i t y , V i r u s e s T h i s p o l i c y m u s t d e t a i l t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f p a s s w o r d s , h o w t h e y a r e a d m i n i s t e r e d , h o w o f t e n t h e y a r e c h a n g e d a n d o f w h a t c h a r a c t e r s t h e y s h o u l d c o n s i s t . S t r e s s t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f u s e r s k e e p i n g t h e i r p a s s w o r d s s a f e . D e t a i l h o w t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n p r o t e c t s i t s e l f a g a i n s t v i r u s a t t a c k . T h e o m n i p r e s e n c e o f t h e I n t e r n e t a n d w e b - b a s e d a p p l i c a t i o n s c a n o p e n b a c k d o o r s t o t h e c o r p o r a t e I T i n f r a s t r u c t u r e . E m p l o y e e s c a n e i t h e r w i l l f u l l y o r b y n e g l e c t e x p o s e t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n t o r a p i d l y s p r e a d i n g v i r u s e s o r o t h e r m a l i c i o u s a n d h a r m f u l c o d e b y a c c e s s i n g o r d o w n l o a d i n g f i l e s o f u n k n o w n o r i g i n . < / P > < P > D a t a P r o t e c t i o n D e t a i l t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f y o u r o r g a n i z a t i o n s d a t a . A l s o , c o v e r h o w e m p l o y e e s m u s t t r e a t s p e c i f i c t y p e s o f d a t a , s u c h a s c u s t o m e r i n f o r m a t i o n , r e s e a r c h m a t e r i a l , l e g a l d o c u m e n t s a n d r e c o r d s , e t c . B e c a u s e e a c h o r g a n i z a t i o n w i l l g u a r d p a r t i c u l a r i n f o r m a t i o n b a s e d u p o n t h e t y p e o f b u s i n e s s , e x p l o r e e a c h t o p i c i n d e t a i l w i t h i n t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n . < / P > < P > I n t e r n e t , I n s t a n t M e s s a g i n g , P 2 P S o f t w a r e M o s t o r g a n i z a t i o n s i n t o d a y s b u s i n e s s c l i m a t e w i l l h a v e s o m e t y p e o f I n t e r n e t p o l i c y l i k e l y c o v e r i n g a r e a s s u c h a s p o r n o g r a p h y , p i c t u r e a n d m e d i a f i l e s ( G I F , B M P , P C X , J P E G , M P 3 , e t c . ) , p e r s o n a l u s e a n d m o r e . C o m p a n i e s m u s t a l s o b e c o n c e r n e d w i t h t h e e a s e o f o b t a i n i n g s o f t w a r e o f a l l t y p e s f r o m t h e I n t e r n e t . < / P > < P > E - m a i l A s w i t h t h e I n t e r n e t , t h e r e a r e m a n y l i a b i l i t i e s s u r r o u n d i n g e - m a i l u s e . C o m p a n i e s s h o u l d b e a w a r e o f t h e p i t f a l l s o f i m p r o p e r d a t a p r o t e c t i o n , d e f a m a t o r y c o m m e n t s , i n a p p r o p r i a t e b a n d w i d t h u s a g e , v i r u s e s , e t c . I n c r e a s i n g l y , s u b j e c t m a t t e r c o n s i d e r e d i n a p p r o p r i a t e f o r c o n s u m p t i o n o r d i s t r i b u t i o n w i t h i n a n o r g a n i z a t i o n i s r e c e i v e d , f o r w a r d e d , m i s h a n d l e d , e t c . T h e t y p e o f w e b s i t e c o n t e n t t h a t i s i n a p p r o p r i a t e w i t h i n a n o r g a n i z a t i o n i s a l s o u n s u i t a b l e c o n t e n t f o r a n e - m a i l . < / P > < P > A u d i t i n g a n d M o n i t o r i n g T h i s p o l i c y a l e r t s u s e r s t o t h e f a c t t h a t r e g u l a r m o n i t o r i n g o f a n d a u d i t s o n c o m p a n y I T a s s e t s a r e c o n d u c t e d . T h e p o l i c y m u s t c o n t a i n a s t a t e m e n t t h a t i n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e u s e r s h o u l d h a v e n o r e a s o n a b l e e x p e c t a t i o n o f p r i v a c y f o r a n y f i l e , m e s s a g e , o r c o n t e n t o n a l l c o m p a n y s y s t e m s . < / P > < P > M o b i l e , L a p t o p a n d P D A U s e r s M o b i l e d e v i c e s a r e a d i f f i c u l t g r o u p o f a s s e t s t o c o n t r o l b e c a u s e o f t h e d e v i c e p o r t a b i l i t y a n d t h e f a c t t h a t t h e y m a y r a r e l y c o n n e c t t o t h e c o r p o r a t e n e t w o r k . B e c a u s e o f t h i s , l a p t o p u s e r s o f t e n b e l i e v e t h a t t h e y f a l l o u t s i d e t h e b o u n d a r i e s o f t h e s o f t w a r e p o l i c i e s . I t i s e s s e n t i a l t h a t a p p r o p r i a t e p o l i c i e s a s w e l l a s u n i q u e p r o c e d u r e s a r e c r e a t e d t o a d d r e s s t h i s e l u s i v e g r o u p o f u s e r s . < / P > < P > B a c k u p a n d M a i n t e n a n c e o f I T S y s t e m s B e s u r e t o d e f i n e w h o i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r s y s t e m b a c k u p a n d h o w t h e s e t a s k s a r e c o m p l e t e d . T h i s p o l i c y i s i m p o r t a n t , b e c a u s e o r g a n i z a t i o n s r a r e l y l o o k a t l i c e n s i n g , r e t e n t i o n a n d d e s t r u c t i o n , e - d i s c o v e r y a n d p r i v a c y i s s u e s w h e n c r e a t i n g b a c k u p p r o c e d u r e s . I t i s e s s e n t i a l t o a d d r e s s t h e s e i s s u e s b e f o r e h a v i n g t o r e t r i e v e f r o m b a c k u p b e c a u s e o f a n u n f o r e s e e n p r o b l e m o r b e c a u s e o f l i t i g a t i o n . < / P > < P > D i s c i p l i n a r y P r o c e d u r e s P o l i c y s t a t e m e n t s c a n b e a w a s t e o f t i m e i f t h e y a r e n o t r e i n f o r c e d w i t h d i s c i p l i n a r y p r o c e d u r e s f o r t h o s e t h a t b r e a c h t h e m . Y o u r o r g a n i z a t i o n m a y a l r e a d y h a v e p r o c e d u r e s i n p l a c e a n d t h e s e m u s t b e i n c l u d e d i n a n y s e t o f t e c h n o l o g y p o l i c i e s . < / P > < P > P o l i c y R e v i e w I t i s i m p o r t a n t t o r e v i e w a n d u p d a t e p o l i c i e s a n d p r o c e d u r e s w h e n n e e d e d . T h e t e a m o r a s u b s e t o f t h e i n i t i a l c o m p l i a n c e t e a m w i l l n e e d t o r e v i e w t h e p o l i c i e s a n d p r o c e d u r e s o n a n a n n u a l b a s i s ( o r m o r e f r e q u e n t l y , i f n e e d e d ) t o r e s p o n d t o c h a n g e s i n t h e b u s i n e s s e n v i r o n m e n t a n d t h e l a r g e r l e g a l e n v i r o n m e n t . U s e r s m u s t b e t o l d h o w n e w p o l i c i e s w i l l b e c o m m u n i c a t e d . < / P > < P > F u r t h e r m o r e , a d d i t i o n a l p o l i c i e s n o t i n c l u d e d i n t h i s l i s t w i l l l i k e l y b e r e q u i r e d i n s o m e o r g a n i z a t i o n s . F o r e x a m p l e , f i n a n c i a l i n s t i t u t i o n s a n d h o s p i t a l s a r e r e g u l a t e d b y o u t s i d e b o d i e s t h a t r e q u i r e s p e c i f i c s i t u a t i o n s b e h a n d l e d i n t h e m a n n e r s p e c i f i e d . E n s u r e t h a t t h e c o m p a n y s l e g a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a s c e r t a i n t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s m a d e b y o t h e r r e g u l a t o r y a g e n c i e s a n d i n c o r p o r a t e t h o s e d e m a n d s i n t o t h e p o l i c i e s a n d p r o c e d u r e s . < / P > < P > P o l i c y s t a t e m e n t s s h o u l d b e s h o r t a n d t o t h e p o i n t . P r o c e d u r e s c a n b e l o n g a n d d e t a i l e d . U s e a s t a n d a r d f o r m a t f o r a l l o f t h e p o l i c i e s , i n c l u d i n g t h e p o l i c y a r e a t o b e c o v e r e d , t h e r e a s o n s f o r t h e p o l i c y a n d a p r o c e d u r e s p e c i f i c a l l y a d a p t e d f o r y o u r o r g a n i z a t i o n . < / P > < P > L a s t l y , b u t o f g r e a t i m p o r t a n c e m a k e s u r e y o u r u s e r s a r e t r a i n e d o n t h e p o l i c i e s . I c a n t t e l l y o u h o w m a n y o r g a n i z a t i o n s m i s s t h i s e s s e n t i a l s t e p ! T h e p o l i c i e s w i l l n o t b e d e f e n d a b l e o r , f r a n k l y , e n f o r c e a b l e u n l e s s u s e r s a r e m a d e a w a r e o f t h e m . F o r t h e b e s t r e s u l t s , h a v e y o u r i n t e r n a l t r a i n i n g d e p a r t m e n t ( o r o t h e r s u i t a b l e g r o u p ) d e v e l o p a s y s t e m t o t r a i n u s e r s a s w e l l a s t r a c k t h e t r a i n i n g a n d t o c o l l e c t a w r i t t e n a g r e e m e n t t o f o l l o w t h e p o l i c i e s f r o m e v e r y e m p l o y e e . < / P > < P > M a k e s u r e a l l n e w e m p l o y e e s r e c e i v e t r a i n i n g a n d s i g n a n a g r e e m e n t . A t l e a s t o n c e p e r y e a r c o n d u c t f o l l o w - u p t r a i n i n g w h i c h n e e d n o t b e a s c o m p r e h e n s i v e , b u t s h o u l d s e r v e t o r e m i n d u s e r s o f t h e c o m p a n y s c o m m i t m e n t t o c o m p l i a n c e . < / P > < P > I p r o m i s e y o u , t h e e f f o r t y o u p u t f o r t h d e v e l o p i n g c o m p a n y - w i d e I T p o l i c i e s a n d p r o c e d u r e s w i l l p a y o f f m u l t i f o l d t h i s i s n t a n I T p r o b l e m ; t h i s i s a c o m p a n y p r o b l e m a n d t h e s o l u t i o n n e e d s t o b e a d d r e s s e d c o m p a n y - w i d e . < / P >
Author: Donna Johnson Edwards
 
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Donna Johnson Edwards

Donna Johnson Edwards — Biography

Ms. Edwards has 20+ years’ experience successfully managing and implementing IT projects. Donna currently focuses on IT legal compliance consulting, compliance gap analysis services and delivery of compliance and audit workshops. Her clients include Fortune 100, 500 and 1,000 companies as well as not-for-profit entities.

She was responsible for the creation of a business and operational plan to consult clients on IT compliance, primarily focusing on: software licensing, data protection, privacy, e-mail and Internet use and IT asset lifecycle management. She is a published author and writes a bimonthly column on technology issues. She is frequently interviewed by technology publications and asked to speak at conferences as a subject-matter expert.

She has worked as a consultant with Lotus/IBM where she played a key role in a $30 million project for the Federal Judiciary. She was the Senior Member of the New Enterprise Technology Team for Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex where she implemented international asset management programs and managed major network, e-mail and infrastructure projects.

Her experience also includes management of the implementation of over 150 networks for AmeriData/The Whitlock Group. Her IT experience also includes several years of purchasing, network administration and facilities management for CSX Realty, Inc.

Donna has also managed all aspects of 100+ Microsoft- and Novell-certified training courses. She is herself a Certified Novell Instructor with classroom experience in a multitude of software applications.

Ms. Edwards’ IT career has included work in the United States and other countries giving her a global view of IT and IT management. Her background includes both the technical and the business aspects of IT projects.

 
 
 

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