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How to assess your business risks when going cloud

[fa icon="calendar'] Sunday, 11 August 2013 / by Jakob Holm Hansen under IT Outsourcing, Information risk management, Threat assessments, Risk assessments, Cloud computing security

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Cloud computing promises many benefits. Cost reductions, improved efficiency and improved security is what many companies can gain from moving into the cloud.

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IT Risk Management increases your IT outsourcing success

[fa icon="calendar'] Monday, 03 June 2013 / by Jakob Holm Hansen under ISO 27001, IT Outsourcing, Information risk management, Threat assessments, Risk assessments, Outsourcing, SecureAware, ISO 27005

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IT outsourcing can be a highly positive experience.

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4 responsible shortcuts to good enough risk assessments

[fa icon="calendar'] Wednesday, 23 May 2012 / by Jakob Holm Hansen under ISO 27001, Information Security Standards, Threat assessments, Risk assessments

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Information security standards have at least two characteristics: 1) they can cure most sleep problems and 2) some describe a relatively perfect world where those responsible for information security have plenty of time and where there are enough resources to analyse needs and document decisions. Even though I may have started this post a little sarcastic, I'm actually a big supporter of standards and "best practice"; I see no reason to reinvent good stuff. I cannot do anything about the standards being boring, but I write this post to suggest some responsible shortcuts to a good start on risk assessments and as a pragmatic approach to ISO 27001 compliance (should you want that).

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