Posts Tagged ‘policy’
Dealing with Policy Debt
TL;DR Start writing down why decisions are made. Future you may thank you. Future other person who’s wondering what you were thinking may also thank you. Then keep a dependency graph of the things impacted by the decision. It will help unravel what gets woven around it. Background I was at an excellent AFCEA event […]
Filed under: security, strategy, technology | 1 Comment
Tags: ADRs, AFCEA, Agile, architecture, change, compliance, culture, debt, decisions, innovation, policy
Policy debt
Background When we talk about technical debt that conversation is usually about old code, or the legacy systems that run it. I’ve observed another type of debt, which comes from policies, and seems to be most harmful in the area of security policies. Firewalls or encryption? A primary purpose for this post is to put […]
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Tags: change, compliance, culture, debt, encryption, firewalls, passwords, policy
The wrong sort of radio
This post is about the madness of corporate web filters in the age of ubiquitous consumer devices with Internet connectivity. I typically see three types of connectivity in any given corporate setting: The company network. Usually wired, but sometimes with a wireless adjunct, this network offers the same liberty as an oppressive Middle East regimes[1]. This […]
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Tags: 3G, data, filter, filtering, HR, mobile, policy, security, social, time, web, wifi
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