Stories by Sarah D Scalet

Economics is changing information security. You can help write the new rulebook.

Like many CIOs, Steve Pickett is happy to serve as a reference for his favourite vendors. If he spends a couple of hours talking to a prospective customer, the vendor might not bill his company the next time he needs a service visit not covered in his contract. He doesn't benefit personally from the deal; the perks go to his company, which approves of the practice, so why not?

CIOs who accept favours in return for saying good things about vendors are putting themselves and their careers in jeopardy. And so are the CIOs who listen to them.

When John Michael Sullivan moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, to help develop a mobile computer program for Lance Incorporated, he hung up an old plaque. Inscribed "Dr Crime's Terminal of Doom", the memento celebrated Sullivan's youthful love of the movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - and his reputation as a computer hacker who went by the handle Dr Crime.

Think you can't afford to create an incident response plan? Think again. Here's a budget-conscious guide to getting started.

As the US wages war, antiquated IT endangers the vital foreign policy mission of the State Department. Can a multimillion-dollar modernisation effort make a difference?

CIOs are good at taking the blame when things go wrong. That would be OK if they got credit when things went right, but often they don't.

With pervasive fears about terrorism, security threats have proven all too real. Our antidote to the doom and gloom? A guide for what not to do when you get hacked.

By reorganising and providing integrated access to critical information, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection went beyond levying fines to proactively protecting the environment.

Choosing a successor is not about cloning yourself. It's about identifying the business values that are important to you and picking someone who shares them so that there can be continuity for both your customers and your employees.

The superstar CIO from FedEx has moved up a few career notches at Commerce One - frist to COO and now president. But despite the heady altitude, Jones may be in for the gamble of his career.

Contract manufacturers are under intense pressure to cut costs and streamline their supply chain. In a revealing interview, SCI CIO Vincent Melvin talks about whether technology can help.

Wrenching downtime, overnight heroism and an expensive disaster no CIO could prevent - this is a true adventure tale of a virus attack, and your turn to live it could be next.

Whether it's illegal, unethical or simply bad business, too many IT veterans are getting left behind in a labour market that needs all the talent it can get.

In this article, readers will;
Learn how to protect your mobile devices
Get road warriors to take security seriously
Deal with the problems created by PDAs
Secure Connections
New developments in security technology