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Compliance on a budget -- 10 easy steps


Kevin Beaver, CISSP
07.21.2005
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There has certainly been a deluge of federal, state, and private industry information security regulations and SMBs are perhaps the hardest hit. Contrary to all the marketing hype and general belief, there are reasonable ways you can bring your SMB into compliance and stay without having to spend tens of thousands of dollars on technology and other overrated solutions to this problem.

It seems that for every information security assessment I perform, the general outcome is not recommendations to install the latest and greatest firewall, encrypt everything in sight, or lock down every computer to the point of minimum usability. Instead, the recommendations usually involve making changes in the "soft" areas of security -- namely business processes. Obviously, it still costs money in the form of time, effort and other personnel resources to make such changes, but it doesn't have to be that expensive. This is especially true if you have in-house staff that can help with your compliance requirements.

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information security assessment, here are 10 items that, when implemented properly, I guarantee will buy you more bang for your compliance buck than anything else.

Information security and regulatory compliance aren't easy, and nothing good is free. However, if you approach the requirements for doing business in a high-tech economy with some common sense and keep things simple and practical, your small or midsized company—and especially its cash flow -- should be quite alright.

This tip originally appeared on SearchSMB.com.

Kevin Beaver is founder and information security advisor with Atlanta-based Principle Logic, LLC. He has over 17 years of experience in IT and specializes in performing information security assessments. Kevin has authored five information security-related books including Hacking For Dummies (Wiley), the brand new Hacking Wireless Networks For Dummies, and The Practical Guide to HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance (Auerbach). He can be reached at kbeaver@principlelogic.com.

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