If risk management is defined as the process of identifying, assessing and reducing risk to an acceptable level, the question remains: What is acceptable? In terms of risks to employees, acceptable is that in the event of an emergency, no one gets hurt. When it comes to company data systems, the mantra is backup, backup, backup. Most will have secondary systems set up off site. Keeping going, no matter what, is the name of the game.

But is risk management as simple as that? Is it only about threats to life and limb, property and commercial capability? Focusing on the big risks

Like most people in IT, I belong to too many professional bodies. I am reminded of this every time another subscription invoice rolls in - mostly to the tune of

Security policies. You

It was partly my own fault.

If the pathway to Hell is paved with good intentions, a large number of slabs must be engraved with the names of information age technologies. For so many innovative ideas, so obviously life and business enhancing, quickly become factors to fear in our everyday dealings as, one by one, they fall foul of human nature

The perils of the office Christmas party, currently striking home in star soccer circles, will come as a nasty surprise for many of more modest social status this year. For them, the shock will not come in screaming headlines but the shrieks of outraged spouses or the ominous thud of solicitor’s letter on mat.

Turns out that the unwary are being watched by enterprising snoops who are cashing in on the season’s sexual excesses. Funded by worried partners keen to confirm their worst fears, the ever-game gumshoes have been turning up at restaurants and bars and joining in the festivities. Read more

A new telephone phishing scam targeting Britain

The Devil

Porn in the workplace. Who’s worried about it? Not enough large corporations with expensive, big-city offices, in my experience. And no, I’m not a prude, before you ask. Neither am I a kill joy. I spend most working days dumpster diving on other people’s hard drives, for heaven’s sake. Believe me, you need a sense of humour. A strong stomach also helps.