Life as a security professional seems to be full of good news and bad news scenarios. For example, today, your budget was just cut again… The good news is that the employees are more than willing to help out by using their own equipment. While on the surface this may sound like a good idea it can be full of issues. This presentation will go over the basics of Consumerization, why it is happening, and what can be done to mitigate the potential issues. It will also touch on some strategies that we might see in the future…
Michael F. Angelo, CRISC, is currently the Chief Security Architect for NetIQ and is the Chair of the ISSA Inter-National webinar committee. He is a technical advisor to the US Department of Commerce and is the chair of the team working on security export controls. You can read his blog at http://community.netiq.com/blogs/security_webb/default.aspx
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