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Before "Security" becomes a cliché in your organization

With the proliferation of automated hacking toolkits and amusement that news channels create when some popular website gets hacked or defaced, every IT guy have heard of "security" at least as many times as it is sufficient to  make it sound boring. 

Many researches held at universities across the globe shows good correlation between poor employee engagement with poor interest in efficiently fulfilling their jobs. Similarly there are some researches that emphasize on the phenomenon that effective security depends on employee engagement rather than hard compliance. With all of this taken into consideration it is not that difficult to say that talking about security more than required number of times can make situation worse.

The problem that organizations are facing today can become daunting with more and more noise about  security. It is high time for CXOs to maintain a balance and keep providing filtered information about security at right time and amount. No offense but you were at least a little bored while reading above lines and hence i rest my case !


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