More on compliance risks and new technologies

We noted last week that new forms of communication and collaboration--social networking, Twittering, cloud computing, mobile access and the like--have led to a plethora of new compliance concerns. Two studies released by RSA, the security unit of EMC, are right in line with this issue.

One study, by IDG Research Services, notes the gap between "the speed at which organizations are adopting new connectivity, collaboration and communication technologies and their readiness to deploy them securely." Another study, from RSA, "outlines how companies can capitalize on the significant business advantages these new technologies represent" without putting companies at risk.

"When we have such a rapidly-changing environment, we need to absolutely cry, 'Time out!' We need to step away from it, and we need to examine if our program has all the right gears," one expert said. This is certainly worthy of your attention.  

For more:
- here's a release

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