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Article: Standards can help in communicating security issues to executives; * ISO17799 and the CISSP Common Body of Knowledge.(certified information systems security professionals)(International Standards Organization)(Column)
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- Network World
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- May 23, 2006
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Byline: M. E. Kabay
After I posted an article about Jeff Bardin, CISO of the Hanover Insurance Group, in February on the MSIA Portal, Bardin
and I spoke about his work and he pointed me to an article he recently published about communicating with C-level executives
that will interest readers. I wanted to expand on a couple of interesting points raised by Bardin in his article.
He wrote:
"Seek out a trusted sponsor - a person who can serve as a conduit to getting your message heard. At one firm, I found the
VP of Internal Audit to be a great ally. Internal Audit has been trying for years to get companies to comply with ...