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Business Analyst and Systems Analyst – they are different
Paul Reedman
Apr 3, 2004
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This week I received another request from a recruiter seeking a person to fill a vacant Business Analyst (BA) position. In my role as coordinator of the Australian Computer Society IT Contractors and Consultants Special Interest Group I am often asked by recruiters if I know of any people who are currently looking for work. During the dark days of the dot com bust my answer was always yes, however today (thankfully) my answer is often no.
My approach when I receive a request from a recruiter is to examine some of the details of the role. This helps me in identifying possible candidates. During this examination I am continually amazed about the confused nature of the BA role. The role definition is often a confusing set of requirements which span across technical and non technical areas.
It is not uncommon for a BA role definition seeking detailed knowledge of J2EE or .Net. Sometimes programming skills are mentioned as very desirable. I am often left wondering do they want a Business Analyst or a Systems Analyst.
The term "Systems Analyst" seems to have fallen out of favor in the last 5 years or so, but I don't think the requirement has gone away. Business Analysts and System Analysts are different roles. They perform very different functions during the software development lifecycle. Both roles are needed and both are very important.
The Systems Analyst role attempts to provide a bridge between the business requirements and the technical definition of the IT solution. The Business Analyst role is primarily about documenting and gathering the business requirements. The important point to note that the two roles are complimentary, you need both to make a successful IT project.
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Unknown User
Apr 14, 2004
A very good comparison ... but i am still not clear as to what are the desirable skills in a BA ...Does a BA function strictly within his domain expertise ( like a SA mostly does within his technology expertise)? What are the skills required in a good BA? I suppose BA would create High level Use cases and SA creates the Class diagrams and sequence diagrams etc :-) Who is a technical architeect? BA + SA ?
Unknown User
Apr 14, 2004
Thanks for your comments. In my experience a good BA (in an IT project) has these characteristics. He / She has solid domain knowledge, has strong links with the business and has had prior experience in an IT project. A good SA on the other hand has typically come from a technical background, but has broaden his or her skills into non technical subjects. I see SA as a "bridge" between the business and the IT project. In terms of technical architect, I see that as a separate role. Equally as important.
Unknown User
Apr 22, 2004
Interesting remarks. In some places there are job advertisements for "technical business analyst". The role descriptions usually involve both gathering requirements from the business people and then translating these into technical terms that the techies can understand, so it effectively merges the two roles played by BA and SA. Perhaps it is some cost-effective strategy played by some organisations...to merge multiple skill requirements in a single role ;-) Downside is that such a person would tend to confuse the "what" versus the "how" aspects of system development, i.e. would he tend to already think of solutions even when the requirements are not yet well-defined?
Unknown User
Apr 22, 2004
I have also seen jobs which seem to be a blend of technical and business. Cost could be a factor. I sometimes think the employer may simply not know the true nature of the role.
Unknown User
Jun 24, 2005
I believe the situation is more that of a person wearing two hats= than of two roles being merged=2E I agree that it is difficult= to keep the "what" and "how" in different layers=2E Adequate= processes could be a solution to this problem=2E It is also= important that the person is aware that s/he is assuming two= different roles=2E Lucas Rodriguez Cervera www=2Enevant=2Ecom/blog
Unknown User
Oct 26, 2006
I really like the distinction outlined here. I am currently a BA (on paper). But having been a software developer / engineer for over 10+ years, I have a really hard time thinking "what" as oppose to "how". In terms of documenting requiremetns , whose document would include the requirements such as screen shots, screen flows and the nitty-gritty UI performance issues (such as caching, pagination, etc.) that come along with web development? Much thx...
Unknown User
Feb 16, 2007
Hey, That is a nice comparison b/w a BA and a SA but wht i believe is they are some wht alike..meaning just there is a very very fine line in b/w a role of BA and SA. You said in your statement that a SA is a liason between the business requirements and the technical definition of the IT solution. I wanted to say here that i read the same definition of BA not for a SA on www.Wikipedia.org. I am not sure here wht to say but I work as a BA in an IT firm and wht you have written about role of BA is true regarding documenting and gathering the business requirements. This is what I exactly do here but besides that, BA also provides a bridge b/w business requirements and technical team. Thanks and Regards, Azam ABidi
Unknown User
Feb 20, 2007
Mr.Paul, I'm a fresh graduate. I works at a securities company. My company never have a business analyst or system analyst position before. As a new system analyst, what should I do in order to make my colleagues understand about my job?for information, in my company, we have already had a computerized system, so what should I do with these systems?am I gonna change it?but how?
Unknown User
Feb 28, 2007
Can any one tell me what are the skill sets required for 1) System analyst 2) Business analyst & can you even tell me the salary
Unknown User
Mar 14, 2007
Business Analyst as the name indicates is responsible person to gather requirements from the user and document them and also understand the process from users without using any tech words. DFD's and work flow diagrams comes in BA domain. On the other hand systems analyst will be responsible to interact with Business analyst to lay out the details. Most of the mid sized organizations merge both roles.
Mar 22, 2007
iam planning to join as a B A. So what r th roles and responsibilities of BA. how to acheive that position.Please let me the things.
Unknown User
Mar 29, 2007
a clear cut comparison btw BA and SA. thanks
I am an Computer science Engg and finished my MBA in system and finance. I m working as a market analyst in one of the software firm. can i apply for a BA post?
Please let me know ur view..
Unknown User
May 1, 2007
Hi All,
This is very clear that System Anakyst & Business Analyst have different roles....!!!
I need one more support for you all...
I am software engineer with more than 2.5 yrs of exp., and i want to switch over my career as Business Analyst.....is there any scope for me....please guide and help.....!!!
Thanks in advance
Unknown User
May 3, 2007
Can u please tell the technical and other skills required by a good system analyst. Have 2.5 yrs of Exp. ...how should i go about to become SA
Unknown User
May 21, 2007
I think that you should have gone into more detail about the two areas BA and SA. I am currently a SA and I have an offer to become a BA. I am more business oriented but enjoy the technical aspect of the field and was looking for some indept knowledge about the BA. Your explanation was clear though in terms of the difference between the two. Thanks
Unknown User
Jun 13, 2007
Business Analyst
Detailing Business Workers and Entities
Finding Business Actors and Use Cases
Structuring the Business Use-Case Model
Capturing a Common Vocabulary
System Analyst
Finding Actors and Use Cases
Structuring the Use-Case Model
Detailing a Business Use Case
Capturing a Common Vocabulary
Managing Dependencies
Unknown User
Jun 27, 2007
Hi, It a nice topic,
I am working as a BA from past 3 years and understood that
BA is nothing but a point of contact for clients and internal vibrant.
TO be an BA - one has be sound in business terms.
Should suggest right solution to clients,
Understand client requirment and prepare scope document and SRS.
BA's not need to be technical, but should be aware for lates technology and should be able to understand in what technology clients requirment fits.
BA and SA are two different roles and combinding them mean mixing oil and wate.
Unknown User
Aug 28, 2007
hi guys,
Im actually working as BA for almost 3 years. Basically what im doing is gathering requirements from users, analysing & designing and putting them into requirement document to be sent to IT team to develop which literally included all those UIs, Reports, Text File Format and flows. When the system done, what BA has to do is making a test case, testing to
make sure the application goes right as your requirements. More than that, most of the time, when we subject to launch the new system, BA has to be a trainner for those super-users cos u r the one who knows the system best. (IT peep woudn't tran user directly as they speak different language ^^). Consulting is also a key role of BA as oftenly u have to give solutions to both user and IT.
Somehow, I do think, as a BA you sometimes work as Project Manager as well since you need to do everything from planning, ordering, following, controlling and summarising all things up. Or it's only for my company? could be..
I can't disagree what Paul said about SA role that he/she mainly provides a bridge between business requirements and tchnical definition of the IT solution and BA primarily has to work on documenting and gathering the business requirements. But as i mentioned before, most of the time, BA is subject to give solutions to those biz and IT peeps so they need to know some of those techie stuff too for their own good perhaps?
Unknown User
Sep 6, 2007
You say Tomayytoe, I say ToMahToe
All fluff.
If 2 people can sit down, one from each side, then BA may also be super-End-User and SA may be IT person with MBA earned while still an IT person.
Unknown User
Sep 17, 2007
I think it is important to differentiate between job functions and roles. Many of us wear different hats in our jobs. I, for example, work in an organization with a medium sized IT department. We have to wear three hats for any given project:
Project manager (coordinate w/all members of team; communicate status; scope and change control; keeping project on track (budget and timing)), etc
Business Analyst (interface with and understand business processes at the organization; communicate affectively w/business constituents to help ensure we understand / capture requirements and help the business team to frame their thinking (in regards what is truly needed vs. nice to have, etc.))
Systems Analyst (communicate and provide instructions to developers, DBAs, engineers, etc.; trouble-shoot and resolve simple and intermediate problems (configuration, SQL, html, xml, etc.))
... you get the idea. The question for most job seekers ought to be what requirements the job entails vs. focusing on just one role. I think one-to-one job and role alignment are rare these days ...
Unknown User
Sep 18, 2007
Hi.... i am from india.RIght now i ma working in a US-based company named as Global-Analytics India as a "Business Analyst". frm 11 months.Here we are using the SAS(statistical parogramming),Shell script and also MYSQl.Can uyou pleaese anyone tell me about another analytics company where i can go as the same BA post??plz let me know anyone of you.
Unknown User
Oct 26, 2007
Hi ,
I am working in a World's no 1 shipping coy. I got an offer in IT as an implementor. I did MIB (master of international buiosness) & MBA(systems). I dont kno platforms in software. Pls advise me, how my future will be in this field? To come up as a BA, what i have to do? I am eligible to join as an implementor?
Unknown User
Nov 7, 2007
Hello Sir,
1 have 2.2 years experience in Banking domain (Trade Finance), by end of this month i'm going to join in Testing field. My ultimate ambition is to become a business analyst. My query here is, will i get a job after one or two years as a business analyst? I'm asking this because one of my friend told that its very diffucult to join as BA once we entered into Testing field.? I'm in dilema stage. Can you please response to my query as soon as possibile?
Unknown User
Nov 16, 2007
I have liked the proffesional it community becouse it is very useful
Unknown User
Feb 12, 2008
Hi all,
I am working as a PL and I according to me Business Analyst is responsible for gather requirements from the user and document them in proper manner (RFD DOc) He should also know SDLC.
ikonne dick simeon
Feb 12, 2008
i m woking as soft ware developer
Unknown User
Apr 24, 2008
I finished my Bsc Hons in Computer Science Iam an assistant lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe's Computer Science Department taking Software Engineering and Systems Analysis and Design but the remuneration, resources , oppotunities and the environment is so distressing I cant even afford applications for further studies, could anyone who can help me by providing any kind of employment , scholarship , or otherwise please reply this plee. I am a young man aged 26.
Unknown User
Apr 28, 2008
Ok guys here my 2 cents.
Last 10 years, i have done lot of contract work. I have done all roles SA, BA, BSA, Technical Architect.
In my opinion Technical Architect is definitely a separate and unique role at almost all IT places.
But SA, BA, BSA these roles could be same different depending on size of the company and project. In smaller companies or smaller projects knowledgable analyst whose has strong technical background (usually an experienced programmer) will typically fulfill both roles, that of SA and BA. He starts more from SA side and slowly gains lot of functional and industry knowledge as the project progresses.
Hope this helps.
Unknown User
May 1, 2008
there is no differance between BA and SA it depends upon organization.If you play with words then only you can diiferntiate otherwise profile ponit of view never.
Oct 26, 2009
I've been working in the IT field for in excess of 20 years, and I must say it is interesting how things have moved on over that time.
The role of a Business Analyst did not really exist back then, and the role of Systems Analyst was much more prevailent. However, from my experience, even in todays environment, there is a significant difference skills wise between the roles. To further complicate matters, there is also the concept of a Business Business Analyst (2 flavours al least of those) and IT Business Analyst (also 2 flavours at least).
Business Business Analyst Type 1 is someone who uses data to analyse the performance of a business. These roles usually report to a senior manager to do with STRATEGY or driving business value, or work in the Investment Analysis field.
Business Business Analyst Type 2 is someone who works within the Business and performs requirements analysis and produces concept papers, business cases, Business Requirements documents and not solutions focussed, but are more so business outcome focussed. They produce the inputs that then the IT Business Analyst uses.
IT Business Analyst Type 1 is someone who typically works in IT who then takes the Business Requirements and business rules detailed, and then turns them into functional designs that then the application developers use to design the solutions from. They are much more solutions focussed and can include in scope things such as user interface design, context level diagrams and data requirements, as well as report output layouts. As I said, they do not design the technical solution.
IT Business Analyst Type 2 is someone who typically works in IT and who tends to be more design and architectural in their focus. They think at an enterprise level, are highly technical and are typically strong analysts who design data structures, think object wise and function wise and design solutions around how they architecturally sit within a system and how the whole software design hangs together, and would also have excellent coidng skills (should they be required). This person would typically move on to Systems Architect type positions. This is much more aligned with the systems analyst of the past.
There is ofcourse then the discussion about Developers, Analyst Programmers, and Systems Architect, which is probably a discussion for another time.
There are also other variations of the flavours I presented above, I don't profess to have covered every type of Business Analyst. But, I hope that this perspective helps provide some of the reasons why it is so hard to say "This is what a BA does.", because different flavours do different things, and tend to be determined by the organisational requirement, and not by the title stand alone.
RameshBabu Barkam
Sep 4, 2010
I have done BCA in graduation, and MBA with marketing and Systems as specialization. Presently working as Sales Manager in General insurance company since 4 and half years. Could anyone guide me the career prospects in IT industry as a Business Analyst. Presently i intent to move to IT industry with more than 4 and half years of insurance domain experience.
Dec 19, 2010
hello sir/madam
this is sneha doin mba in finance n systems..n m a fresher..my long term aim is to become a business analyst...i m planning to do courses in datawarehousing and business intelligence...will these course can fetch me a job???waitin for d reply..thank u...
Waseem Abbas
Mar 29, 2011
Business analyst job is very complex and having great responsibilities. A firm/ company who has Business Analysts, is depending great support and help from business analysts to run their business on progress. It is the responsibility of business analysts that they should use their skills and abilities to run the business on progress by adopting innovative ways. So sometime they performs SA roles for the sake of the company. So BA job is very complex but having great importance in a business.
Regards: Waseem Abbas from Pakistan
Apr 7, 2012
I like the article and the very interesting comments.
When I started in 1975 I had the title of Procedures Analyst in a large IT department. Several years later that title was eliminated and I was a Business Analyst. Then I was promoted to the next level - Business Systems Analyst. The next step up was Project Leader, then Project Manager. I held all these titles and also worked as QA Manager and non-IT business analyst.
I am somewhat baffled now to see the common use of 'Business Analyst' which is causing much confusion among younger people who seem to think that if they come out of college, they are qualified to become a business analyst. Most of them have very poor writing skills. When I watch our TV stock channel here there are many 'business analysts' reporting on their businesses. Broadcast networks have used that title for years, and still do - so 'business analyst' is not a new title. It seems to me that when the 'BA certification' took root, so did the confusion in the title! You have lawyers, engineers, MBA graduates, for example, who want to become business analysts without having a clue of what is required. Take a look at www.IT-CAREER-COACH.com and you will see questions from people who want to become business analysts.
Over the years I have trained CSRs to become documentalists and testers of business requirements. This was because they had the background in supporting customers at the call centre. I have also trained 'testers' but testers seem to find it more difficult to make the transition than the CSRs. They did not like writing sentences, and rewriting sentences and dealing with' testy' users.
Jul 31, 2012
In the 70's I never saw the job title Business Analyst, my experience was that all things done by today's Business Analyst, were included as part of the Systems Analyst job. Over half of the Systems Department that I worked in, the Systems Analyst's were developing solutions to Non-Computer Work Flows. As years have progressed, it appears that people believe that Systems Analyst only develop or deal with Computerized Systems. If you look up in the Dicitionary, the term Systems, never uses the term Computer.
Additionally what i have seen is that a Business Analyst is paid about 20 percent less than a Systems Analyst. Again in my days a Junior Systems Analyst performed all of the duties that we seem to associate with a Business Analyst, especially all of the documentation and flow charts of existing work flow.
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Get Out of Your Armchair
Now is the time for the silent majority to wake up and take to the streets, staging mass rallies to show how much support there is for rescuing the disengagement plan. Now is the time to get out of your armchair.
When we were little, there was always some annoying kid in school who would wave his hand in our eyes and said: "I'm not touching you. The air's free." Theoretically, he was right. In practice, he'd get a sock in the mouth.
Here in Israel a rabbi calls for the murder of Sharon and is not brought to trial on the grounds that it's not a crime to wish the prime minister was dead. In our school, it would end with a sock in the mouth. In a civilized country, it would end in jail.
Because playing innocent has a way of ending badly. First of all, this rabbi is not alone. As the people who want to see Sharon dead multiply, a plot to bump off another Israeli prime minister takes shape before our eyes.
Secondly, the purpose of this incitement against Sharon is to wreck the disengagement plan, which is supported by a majority of the public.
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Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated a decade ago in the wake of the agitation and rowdy protests of Likudniks and settlers who opposed the Oslo Accords. The difference between then and today is that the prime minister they are inveighing against is one of their own.
Remember when Netanyahu went to a Likud convention, and asked, "Is everyone here a Likudnik?" And when they shouted "yes," he heaved a sigh and slipped off his bulletproof vest. Well, not only wouldn't Sharon take off his vest today, but his bodyguards would insist that he put on an extra one. Because the camp that rose to power by a landslide thanks to Sharon has now turned him into a target.
Who ever heard of Mapai, even in the worst of times, not letting its party leader speak? When the Likud convention opened this week at Mann Auditorium, delegates heckled Sharon and tried to shut him up. Dozens of security guards took up positions around the room and created a human barrier between the audience and the podium, where Sharon was speaking. Wherever he went, he was surrounded by a phalanx of bodyguards. Sharpshooters were hidden in strategic corners. Hovering above him outside were surveillance balloons equipped with cameras.
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There were nods to the newfangled world of new media and Twitterers, as well as odes to the fading presence of print. When The Washington Post food and travel editor Joe Yonan was recognized for best Newspaper Food Section, he told the audience, "For every print reader we lose, we have to gain 100 online readers," to meet the paper's bottom line. He closed his acceptance speech with a paraphrased quip from a NYTimes.com cutline: "This is a more complete version of the story than the one that appeared in print."
Among the evening's surprises, 14-time JBA winner Alan Richman, who was nominated for three awards this year, was shut out in each category. The Cookbook of the Year award went to Colman Andrews for The Country Cooking of Ireland, perhaps a milestone in reversing the country's cuisine stereotypes. Other highlights include Judith Jones' standing ovation when she inducted Claudia Roden into the Cookbook Hall of Fame, Italian cookbook author and winner Oretta Zanini de Vita's authentically touching acceptance speech, and a bittersweet win for former Gourmet writer Barry Estabrook, who took home the Magazine Feature Writing with Recipes award for "The Price of Tomatoes." Former Gourmet editor-in-chief (and TV show nominee) Ruth Reichl was unable to attend due to a broken foot, but the recovering gourmand sent tweets of congratulations from home.
And in case you were curious, the food was madly delicious and ingeniously portioned out so we were able to enjoy every bite. First up, a trio of poached green and white asparagus, neatly tied with an herb strand, was light and flavorful under a veneer of "perfect blonde vinaigrette" from chef Gerald Hirigoyen. Second course: a John Besh seafood creation of redfish, brown shrimp and "blue crab pearls" bathing in a scrumptious, orange-hued seafood-stock (the technical word for this is "court-bouillon" if anyone quizzes you). The third course was (jackpot!) braised short ribs, which is typically flavorful enough to sate. But some brilliant mind, Suzanne Goin, chose to add cheese. This is why she wins awards. Baked ricotta, crumbled feta, pine nuts and black olives adorned the dish for the three minutes it took to devour. For dessert, Karen DeMasco's masterful white chocolate panna cotta, which is a dessert we're used to seeing as an unmitigated, gelatinous disaster on competitive cooking shows. Nestled with a loving spoonful of cherry sorbet and morello cherries, it was nearly the cherry on top [Ed. note: Deal with it] of a great night — until we swung an invite to the Chef's Night Out afterparty at SD-26. Oh hi, spiky-haired Anne Burrell, radiant-faced Ellie Krieger, Mr. Thomas Keller, and man-who-ate-everything Jeffrey Steingarten. Jeffrey, thanks for looking at me like I was insane when I smiled at you. That is how I always imagined we would meet.
American Cooking: Real Cajun by Donald Link with Paula Disbrowe
Baking and Dessert: Baking by James Peterson
Beverage: Been Doon So Long: Randall Grahm Vinthology by Randall Grahm
Cooking from a Professional Point of the View: The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Pastry Arts by FCI with Judith Choate
General Cooking: Ad Hoc at Home by Thomas Keller with Dave Cruz
Healthy Focus: Love Soup: 160 All-New Vegetarian Recipes from the Author of "The Vegetarian Epicure" by Anna Thomas
International: The Country Cooking of Ireland by Colman Andrews
Photography: Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way Photographer: Santiago Soto Monllor
Reference and Scholarship: Encyclopedia of Pasta by Oretta Zanini de Vita, Translated by Maureen B. Fant
Single Subject: Pasta Sfoglia by Ron and Colleen Suhanosky with Susan Simon
Writing and Literature: Save the Deli by David Sax
Cookbook Hall of Fame: A Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia Roden
Audio Webcast or Radio Show: The Kojo Nnamdi Show
Video Webcast: The Greenmarket: One Farmer's Story, from SeriousEats.com
Television Segment: ABC News Nightline
Television Show, On Location: Chefs A' Field: King of Alaska
Television Show, In Studio or Fixed Location: French Food at Home with Laura Calder
Television Special: Food Trip with Todd English
TV Food Personality: Andrew Zimmern
Newspaper Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs: Jared Jacang Maher, Westword, "A Hunger to Help"
Newspaper Feature Writing: Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader, "The Real American Pie"
Food-Related Columns: Rachel Wharton, Edible Brooklyn, Column: Back of the House
Newspaper Food Section: The Washington Post, Joe Yonan
Reporting on Health, Environment, or Nutrition: Rowan Jacobsen, EatingWell, "…Or Not to Bee"
Writing on Spirits, Wine, or Beer: Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, Minnesota Monthly, "Chardonnay Uncorked"
Multimedia Food Feature: Kevin Pang, Chicagotribune.com, "The Cheeseburger Show"
Website Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurants, or Nutrition: Chow.com
Food Blog: Serious Eats
Magazine Feature Writing with Recipes: Francine Maroukian, Jon Reiner, and Staff of Esquire, "How Men Eat"
Magazine Feature Writing without Recipes: Barry Estabrook, Gourmet, "The Price of Tomatoes"
Magazine Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs: Anya von Bremzen, Saveur, "Soul of a City"
Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Reviews: Jonathan Gold, LA Weekly
M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award: Francine Prose, Saveur, "Faith and Bacon"
Cookbook of the Year: The Country Cooking of Ireland by Colman Andrews


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After more than five years as a prisoner of Hamas, the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was freed on Tuesday. The move came after Israel transferred hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to Egypt for their eventual releases into the Gaza Strip or abroad. Shalit is "alive and well," according to the IDF, and he has already returned to Israel, where his family greeted him at the border. Israel will release a total of 1,027 prisoners in exchange for Shalit. An Israeli military official told the Associated Press that Shalit showed signs of malnutrition and lack of exposure to sunlight.


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Who knew Obama's EPA had such vast power that they can change borders of states in this country? Obama's EPA overturned a 1905 Federal Law by expanding the Wind River Indian Reservation, basically giving Indians (oops, Native Americans) the land that used to be part of Riverton, Wyoming. Marxist EPA director Gina McCarthy is at the forefront of the stolen land from Riverton which is estimated be to be as much as a million acres. Welcome to Obama's America.
Daily Caller (via Gateway Pundit):
Have you heard the story of the residents of Riverton, Wyo.? One day they were Wyomingans, the next they were members of the Wind River tribes — after the Environmental Protection Agency declared the town part of the Wind River Indian Reservation, undoing a 1905 law passed by Congress and angering state officials.
The surprise decision was made by officials of the EPA, the Department of Interior, and Department of Justice early last month, and has invoked the ire of Gov. Matt Mead, who has vowed not to honor the agency's decision and is preparing to fight in court.
"My deep concern is about an administrative agency of the federal government altering a state's boundary and going against over 100 years of history and law," Mead said in a statement. "This should be a concern to all citizens because, if the EPA can unilaterally take land away from a state, where will it stop?"
The EPA declared that Riverton was part of the Wind River Indian Reservation after granting a "Treatment as a State" application from the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes. The tribes submit such applications to get funding for air quality monitoring under the Clean Air Act. However, this seemingly innocuous application ended up undoing the tribal boundaries set by a 1905 congressional act.
The EPA granted the tribes' claim that the Wind River reservation extended over one million acres of land beyond what the 1905 Congressional Act established. By doing this, the agency effectively overruled an act of Congress, state officials charge.
As long as Obama and McCarthy have such vast power, lets give Chicago and Detroit to Canada. We can also give all of California to Mexico.


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Oswalt named to NL All-Star squad
Oswalt named to NL All-Star squad
So does that mean Oswalt's got another tractor coming his way?
"I wish," Oswalt said. "We haven't gotten to that point yet. Me and Drayton have a pretty good relationship, so we talked about [the All-Star Game]."
OK, no second tractor for Oswalt, who received one for his performance in the postseason last year. He's still excited about the opportunity to play in his second career All-Star Game, though.
"It's always special when you get to go," he said. "I was kind of hoping to go straight out without someone falling out of it, but any way you get to go is great. Hopefully, I'll have a good time."
The player to bow out of the game at Pittsburgh's PNC Park next Tuesday was Mets right-hander Pedro Martinez (7-4, 3.45 ERA), who was placed on the disabled list Thursday.
Oswalt (6-5, 3.10) doesn't have as many wins as Martinez and some of the other pitchers on the National League team. But Oswalt suffered consecutive complete-game losses over his past two outings.
"Some guys only have a few more wins," Oswalt said. "I don't know if that cost me or what cost me."
Maybe being an Astros player -- and not a member of a more high-profile team -- hurt Oswalt's chances the first time around.
"I think sometimes we get overlooked with us not being a big-market team," Oswalt said. "Hopefully, things can change. If you get in the World Series, somebody's gonna notice."
Still ...
"The system is not perfect," he said. "A lot of times, you have to take guys from teams when another guy may have better numbers."
Well, Oswalt was certainly worthy in the minds of Lance Berkman and his manager, Phil Garner.
"He definitely deserves it," Berkman said of Oswalt.
"I am happy to be able to add Roy," Garner said. "I think everyone knows what I think of Roy, and I'm excited to watch him pitch."
Initially, Oswalt was open to the All-Star invite when it was presented Thursday.
"Then, he decided that he wanted to go home for a few days," Garner said. "But he should go. He's a deserving All-Star."
Does Oswalt deserve to start?
"I don't think I deserve to start, personally," Oswalt said. "There's a lot of guys who are having great years. I know [Mets left-hander Tom] Glavine is having a great year and [Reds right-hander] Bronson Arroyo of the Reds is having a great year. Hopefully, one of those guys gets to start."
Oswalt joins Berkman on Garner's club, which is supported by coaches Mark Bailey, Cecil Cooper, Jose Cruz, Gary Gaetti, Jim Hickey and Doug Mansolino.
Kevin Yanik is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Congress of the United States loves a rule. Check that ... the Congress loves lots of rules. And one of the easiest to understand is: majority rules. That simple rule may make the independent senator from Maine, Angus KingAngus Stanley KingMeet the GOP senator quietly pushing an ObamaCare fix Uranium One deal led to some exports to Europe, memos show Senators demand more action from tech firms on Russian election meddling MORE, the most important senator after the midterms in November.
Just to review: In the House, the party with 218 or more of the 435 members runs the show. Right now, the Republicans chair the committees, decide what legislation makes it to the floor, control the calendar and declare whether smoking is to be allowed in the Speaker's office.
Housing the extraconstitutional determinants of the "world's greatest deliberative body" (such a lovely and hopeful, if hackneyed, phrase) are the standard rules of the Senate. To be clear, the Constitution states that "Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings." It makes no stipulation as to what the rules must be. And so by virtue of trial and error, experience, custom, tradition and some occasional sawdust and glue, today's Senate rules determine the more interesting battles being waged. It's often the case that procedural legerdemain trumps forensic foils; procedural pens are mightier than rhetorical swords, you might say.
Back to Sen. King, and how electoral circumstance may redound to his great benefit.
Senate Democrats now hold 53 seats, with two independents (King and Sen. Bernie SandersBernard (Bernie) SandersWorld leaders reach agreement on trade deal without United States: report Sanders on Brazile revelations: DNC needs 'far more transparency' Sen. Warren sold out the DNC MORE of Vermont) caucusing with the party. Republicans hold 45 seats. The GOP hopes to gain a net of six seats in November, which would give them the majority. If they net five seats, then the balance is 50-50, with Vice President Biden casting the deciding vote in the event of a tie.
Wait, check that ... if Republicans hold 50 seats, then the Democrats hold only 48 seats. Sanders and King, the independents, might decide that they would be better off lining up with Republicans. Sanders is unlikely to do so, since he's a socialist; I'm pretty sure both he and the Republicans would be uncomfortable teammates.
King, on the other hand, could make it work. His stewardship as governor of Maine is not too far distant in the past, and his work with both parties in the state, not to mention the prickly people of the Pine Tree State (disclosure: I was born one, so I'll say "prickly" if I want!) deems a handshake with the Senate GOP caucus a lot less unsavory than George Bailey pumping palms with Old Man Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life."
Might it be up to King to decide, if he wants, to be part of the Senate majority?
Pretty much.
According to Kate Scott, assistant historian at the Senate Historical Office, at the beginning of a new Congress, the Senate adopts an organizing resolution to determine committee ratios, committee membership, and to establish agreements between the parties on the operation of the Senate. Typically this is routine, but in a split Senate, deciding who is in charge can get more ... shall we say ... complicated.
Three example of such a divided Senate are instructive.
In 1881, one of two independents, William Mahone of Virginia, amid rumors that the White House and President James Garfield were offering "champagne and satisfaction," threw in his lot with Republicans. He actually, it turned out, was more interested in the coveted chairmanship of the Agriculture Committee, and a few other trinkets of power, according to the late Sen. Robert Byrd's (D-W.Va.) series on the history of the Senate. That made it 41-39 for the Republicans.
In 1953, the Senate convened with 48 Rs, 47 Ds, and one independent. The next two years saw changes in the majority, by virtue of eight deaths, and several retirements and presidential appointments. Yet the Senate maintained the rule by Republican majority set in the opening days of that 83rd Congress. By dint of death, or sheer fatigue of rearranging the stationery, civility reigned.
In 2001, after the contentious election and Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision, the Senate was split 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats. Their respective leaders, Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), worked out a power-sharing arrangement that seemed to work pretty well until Sen. Jim Jeffords, a Republican from Vermont, switched parties, giving the Democrats the majority, which they then lost after the 2002 midterms.
Several gamed-out scenarios in the 2014 midterms could provide Sen. King of Maine the chance to control his destiny. It would, after all, be better for his constituents for him to have a higher profile on a key committee, right? A chairmanship here, a power lever there, all would add up to a more powerful voice in the Senate for the hardy people of Maine. Maybe he would be satisfied by whatever constitutes the modern-day equivalent of "champagne and satisfaction." Moxie and whoopie pies? (It's a Maine thing.)
King's office referred me to his numerous pledges to do what is in the best interest of his constituency if the decision is his to make. Most recently, Jeff Zeleny of ABC News asked King about the possibility of caucusing with Republicans — "having lunch with the group," as King characterized it. If that's the case, he's not committing to anything on the menu.
Specific committee chairmanships and similar enticements are not, as yet, part of the discussions. King says that both parties have been very cordial, lighthearted and nonspecific about being part of the respective teams. "You'll like the weather over here," his GOP colleagues aver. Democrats say "Stay here!" Chances are good that, post-Nov. 4, meteorology will bow to meatier blandishments.
As historian Kate Scott notes, "There is a level of unpredictability to it all."
Farley is managing editor and host of "The Morning Briefing" and "The Midday Briefing" on P.O.T.U.S., Sirius XM's 24-hour politics channel.


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KAI RYSSDAL: We mentioned last week that Altria's spinning off its stake in Kraft Foods to concentrate on the tobacco business. Altria's the parent company of Philip Morris, which makes Marlboro among other brands of cigarettes.
Shares of the world's biggest tobacco company are up 20 percent over the past year, despite the fact that you can't smoke in too many places anymore. So now, of course, there's a product trying to capitalize on those smoking bans.
Nicogel's just that. A gel with nicotine in it that you rub on your hands.
Marketplace's Sean Cole is a smoker. We figured he'd be the perfect guy for the story.
SEAN COLE:Well, the first thing I had to do was try it.
I went to the Walgreens down the street where they had it at the counter by the phone cards and candy bars and lip balm. A blue and white box. Flip top. Like a Marlboro hard pack, but skinnier. Each box contains 10 little plastic packets of Nicogel. Each packet contains about a tenth of the nicotine of a cigarette. And I hadn't had a cigarette yet that morning. And I really needed one.
SALES LADY: This is 6.99.
SALES LADY: Ah, I'm gonna need your birthday.
COLE: My birthday. Oh, because it's a nicotine product. Uhhhh, 11 . . . I can't remember. 11-19-71.
BILL WHALEN: Nicogel's an adult product, and our goal is not for children to use this thing. And we want to make sure that children don't use it, so we're taking every precaution to do that.
This is Bill Whalen, owner of Blue Whale Worldwide, which is distributing Nicogel in the U.S. He says it contains tobacco extract. Not just nicotine, but all 1,800 components of the plant. So it does a better job of curbing your jones than Nicoderm or Nicorette, he says.
But he doesn't claim that Nicogel can help you quit smoking, the way the patch and the gum do.
WHALEN: Oh no, no, no, not, not at this moment. Nicogel is designed to replace the cigarette in the places where you can't smoke and where it's inconvenient to smoke. But at the same time, by doing that, you are reducing the person's tobacco consumption. It's a great thing. And you're also taking away the secondhand smoke.
It's discreet. Yyou know, you could sit in the boardroom or an airplane.
Or in your car, in the Walgreens parking lot.
COLE: Directions: open packet . . .
WHALEN: It's odorless.
COLE:Smells kinda funny too.
WHALEN: Then you rub it into your hands and you're done.
And a few minutes later . . .
COLE:Huh. I . . . huh. I think I feel a little . . . relieved in a way.
But I didn't wanna to feel "relieved in a way." I wanted to feel sated, which is what Nicogel promises right on the label: "Cigarette satisfaction in a hand gel."
COLE: I suppose it has taken the edge off. I don't feel so suicidal now.
All nicotine addicts know that feeling. A special kind of panic that sets in when you know you can't smoke for a while. Some smokers use Nicorette to get through it. Others turn to chewing tobacco, or moist smokeless as it's known in the industry.
DAVID BISHOP: What is hindering cigarettes is actually helping moist smokeless.
David Bishop is a partner at the retail consultant group Willard Bishop. He says sales of moist smokeless tobacco went up 8 or 9 percent last year, and are expected to climb again this year. Whereas cigarette sales have been declining since the late 80s, he says. Which is probably why a couple of the top cigarette companies are starting to test market another smokeless product — spitless, too: Little tobacco pouches that you tuck in your cheek.
BISHOP: I think it's understandable for cigarette companies to look for alternative growth vehicles that will offset the declining profit from cigarettes.
So this is the climate Nicogel's jumping into. The question is, is it a friend or an enemy of the cigarette companies?
Bill Whalen says his company honestly wants people to smoke less. But if they smoke less and less, they eventually won't need Nicogel. But down the road, Whalen says, after more clinical trials, he does finally want to market Nicogel as a quitting aid.
Sadly, I don't think it would work in my case. After about an hour on the gel I was frantic for a cigarette.
COLE: The question is, where are my cigarettes . . .
I mentioned this to Bill Whalen.
WHALEN: Interesting. Are you a . . . how many packs a day are you? Are you a one pack a day guy?
COLE: I'm about a one-pack, maybe three-quarters-of-a-pack a dayer.
WHALEN: During our efficacy tests, we look in . . . right now, we're looking at about 87 percent of people that use Nicogel get it and it works perfectly for them. There's probably 13 percent of the people that, frankly, it's not strong enough for.
Great. This is probably the only time when I haven't wanted to be exceptional. Whalen said some people need two packets of Nicogel. So I tried that. And I didn't smoke . . . for an hour and 18 minutes.
In Boston, I'm Sean Cole for Marketplace.


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With no promise of leniency from the judge, a 15-year-old pleaded on Monday to a pair of felonies that could cost him the next 30 years of his life.
Randy Charles Johnson Jr. pleaded no contest to robbery and aggravated battery, both second-degree felonies, shortly before jury selection was to begin in his trial.
Each count is punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
An additional robbery charge will not be filed if Circuit Judge Wendy W. Berger accepts Johnson's plea.
Consecutive sentences are rare, but not unheard of, particularly with crimes of violence.
Johnson and his three co-defendants were charged with attacking and robbing several victims in St. Augustine on June 30.
One of the victims, a woman in her 60s, was severely beaten as she waited for a taxi on Riberia Street. She suffered multiple injuries and was taken to Flagler Hospital.
Photographs of the victim are in the file that Berger will review as she considers Johnson's sentence.
Johnson and his co-defendants another 15-year-old as well as a 13- and 16-year-old were arrested the day of the attacks.
The co-defendants already have pleaded to a total of eight offenses, Assistant State Attorney Adam Warren told the judge on Friday.
Seven of those charges are second-degree felonies, he said.
Johnson wore blue dress pants along with a red shirt and matching tie as he stood before the judge Monday morning. Appearing with the defendant was his grandmother, who has been appointed his guardian.
Warren told the judge that Johnson had not been offered a deal in exchange for his plea.
The state would make "no particular recommendation" for sentencing, either, Warren said.
Berger will decide if Johnson should be sent to a juvenile or adult institution.
Defense attorney Stephen J. Alexander asked the judge to explain the possible range of sentences to his client.
In addition to the possible 30 years for the charges he pleaded to on Monday, Johnson has pleaded to robbery and aggravated fleeing and eluding in another case.
That plea agreement called for a sentencing range from zero to 10 years in prison.
The judge gave Johnson no clues about the actual sentence she is contemplating.
She ordered Johnson to return to court on April 8 for sentencing.
The defendant is being held in the St. Johns County jail in a cellblock set aside for juveniles.
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Forget about Valentine's Day!
It's the thought that counts, especially when you've been married for more than 68 years. After all those years, love becomes a way of life, according to Edrie and John Pearson who celebrated their 68th anniversary last Nov. 12,
The Pearsons have lived on Anastasia Island since 1984. "We love the neighborhood and our neighbors are the best," John said. It's what they consider the "good life."
Both John and Edrie (or Audrey as she is known to her friends) are nearing 90 years of age. They've lived through tough times including two world wars, the Great Depression, and other economic disasters, and still more wars, but, as John stated, "We couldn't do anything about any of it, so we did what was expected."Instead, the Pearsons count their blessings which include good health, being able to live independently, and having family nearby. That family includes daughter Joan Rivers who lives in St. Augustine, and son John who resides in Bay Meadows. There are three grandchildren and six great grandchildren whose photos decorate the living room walls and shelves.
According to daughter Joan Rivers, "family" is the most important thing in her parents' life. "My mom is so thrilled with the coincidence that their great grandchildren have similar ages. There are two great grand daughters age 18 and 19, two great grandsons 13 years old, and twin great grandsons a year old," Rivers said.
Transplants from Hawthorne, N. J., Edrie remembers coming to Florida as far back as in 1928. Her parents eventually settled in Palatka, so Florida visits were routine and the retirement choice was easy.
Met in high school
John and Edrie met in high school. John, who served in the U. S. Navy during WWII, doesn't want to talk about those experiences. He did talk about tough times after the war, however, including the housing shortage. The young couple experienced several disruptions in places to live.
"We got put out of several houses by landlords who sold the houses. We didn't have the money to buy our own home," John explained. That's when he took advantage of his military service. After many inquiries and filling out required forms, "I qualified for the first GI home mortgage in Hawthorne and we bought our first home in 1947 for $5,000," he said proudly.
Like most women who grew up in the early to mid-1990's, Edrie was destined to become a homemaker, although she did work a short stint in a defense factory. And that was just fine with John. "She still makes the best apple pie you've ever tasted," he boasted.
John became a truck driver and eventually purchased his own 18-wheeler for long hauls. "I went from earning $1 per hour to having my own business," he noted. Those absences while John was on the road might make for a shaky marriage, but as John explains it, "Out of sight, out of mind? No, it was more like absence makes the heart grow fonder."
A few years ago Edrie fell and broke her hip and now uses a walker. Her cooking days are not like they used to be, but it doesn't matter. Edrie said they now go to the Council on Aging most days for lunch and activities. "The food is good and there's plenty to do," she said. Edrie plays bingo and John's favorite is bridge. John is also the president of the COA senior advisory committee.
Back to their love thing-Edrie said, "We've always been in love and now it's more of a deep love." John defines it as being a more inclusive love. "We have respect for each other, consideration, and I love her now more than ever," he said as he gave Edrie a peck on the cheek.
As to their secret for a successful marriage, one that spans almost seven decades, they both answered the question simultaneously, "Never go to bed mad at each other."
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Server Briefing Blades may not have become the biggest sector of the server market - contrary to some of the more bullish forecasts made last year - but these compact server-on-a-card machines are nevertheless likely to be one of the more active areas of the business over the coming years.
It's not hard to see why. Blades allow cost-conscious corporates to expand the processing capacity of their data centres more efficiently and more cheaply than adding further standard rack-mount units. Three units worth of rack space might hold an enclosure containing six dual-processor blades, each with up to 2GB of memory, or a trio of two-CPU 1U rack systems.
And with low-power processors on board, the blades should tax a centre's power supply and air conditioning rather less than the rack units will, a factor leapt upon by blade proponents in the light of past California energy crises.
Of course, the overall decline in server sales over the past two years has hindered the growth of blade sales - hitting blade pioneers like RLX Technologies hard - but if the latest predictions aren't as enthusiastic as they were early last year, they still anticipate significant growth.
So while market researcher IDC proclaimed in 2001 that some two million blades would be sold in 2005, all together worth $102 billion, it now puts the figure at a more modest $3.7 billion for 2006. Then, it believes, blades will account for around 20 per cent of all servers sold. Gartner Dataquest reckons a million blades will be sold in 2006, up from 85,000-odd this year.
Both companies highlight blades as big sellers, driven by low unit costs, size advantages and easy installation. That said, there are issues hindering the sector's growth. Blades remain less well suited to enterprise applications, with fewer management software options. And then there's compatibility: different vendors' blades remain incompatible. HP launched its OpenBlade initiative earlier this year, to define a standard blade interconnect based on the CompactPCI spec. with some SAN and NAS functionality bolted on, but there's little information to suggest the company's rivals are following its example.
Still, these are issues that will be resolved over time. A greater focus on enterprise-level kit will come from the like of IBM and Sun, due to ship blade systems in Q3 and Q4, respectively. Blade-based clusters running Linux are already doing some serious number crunching. Dell will ship more mass-market blade units in Q3, too.
All this activity will expand the 32-bit Intel side of the server market, though it's too early to write off other vendors with chips well suited to blades, including Transmeta (joint supplier, with Intel, of RLX), AMD and Motorola. The latter will be hindered by the lack of x86 compatibility, but its connections with the telecoms business, a customer with a keen interest in blade technology, may yet establish it as a specialist player.
Intel, however, is pushing the hardest here. It sees blades as a way of maintaining Mobile Pentium III sales, but it will undoubtedly offer its upcoming low-power Banias processor in a blade-friendly configuration. Blades' low-cost, standards-based commodity marketing suits Intel's own 'macroprocessing' sales message - buy more, cheaper 'standard' CPUs - nicely.
Certainly, Intel hopes blades can take more of the market from bigger boxes, but it's too soon to say by how much. For now blades seem to tap more into a trend towards a greater degree of segmentation in the server market than as an evolutionary replacement for rack units or big iron.
As Matthew Keep, Sun's Server Product Manager for UK and Ireland, puts it: "One of our customers is a major City banking institution. One part of the organisation is running big iron servers, another is building clusters. Both divisions are using these very different set-ups to run essentially the same database applications." ®


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Toronto FC head coach Ryan Nelsen would only smile when the Toronto Sun approached him last week about potentially inking Uruguayan attacker Diego Forlan.
As Nelsen walked away from the exchange following Canada Day training, to paraphrase, he quipped with a grin: "That would be a wee bit expensive."
He tailed off as he entered TFC's training ground, seemingly running from the topic, the final question in an otherwise lengthy one-on-one conversation with the Sun.
There had been rumours for a week that the Golden Ball winner at the 2010 World Cup was looking for an MLS move, with the Washington Post pointing to BMO Field as a possible destination.


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In the wake of this month's LinkedIn password breach, rumors began circulating on Twitter that the social network lacked a chief information security officer (CISO), leading many commentators to posit that the company hadn't treated its information security program with sufficient respect. LinkedIn, however, quickly clarified that while it didn't have a CISO--or synonymous chief security officer (CSO)--job title on its org chart, there was indeed a senior-level employee in charge of its information security program.
The security facts of the LinkedIn breach, including how attackers managed to obtain databases with possibly 10 million or more access credentials, as yet remain unanswered. But the "lacks a CISO" criticism of LinkedIn--however misguided--is a reminder that senior executives must keep close track of their organizations' security postures, as well as the risk it poses to the business.
[ LinkedIn isn't the only company on the line for its information security practices. See FTC Sues Wyndham Hotels Over Data Security Failures. ]
Here are 9 techniques for ensuring that CISOs can best help businesses maintain highly effective information security programs:
1. Deploy CISOs In Advance
When it comes to putting a CISO in place, "it's not a silver bullet," said Patricia Titus, VP and CISO of Symantec, speaking by phone. Titus is an authority on the role of the CISO, having served in that position for the past 10 years, including six years at the Transportation Security Administration (which is part of the Department of Homeland Security), and three years at Unisys, before joining Symantec.
"We're not the big flak jacket that stands out in front of the organization and takes the bullet." In other words, to get the most benefits out of a CISO, deploy one in advance of suffering a major breach.
2. Acknowledge How CISOs Reduce Security Costs
The Ponemon Institute's annual "cost of a data breach" report, sponsored by Symantec, this year found for the first time that in the United States, the cost of a data breach had dropped. "Our research has shown that organizations that have a CISO responsible for enterprise-wide data protection can reduce the cost of a data breach by about $80 per compromised record, which is about 35%--and that's a pretty notable stat," said Titus. "The decrease in the cost of a data breach is the U.S. study, so we're still seeing an increase in the rest of the globe."
Why does having a CISO help reduce breach costs, at least in the United States? According to Titus, it has to do with many U.S. businesses and government agencies now having more mature information security programs in place. "Instead of everyone wondering what to do, everyone knows what to do, and it's a repeatable process that's also defendable, if you're audited or have to prove compliance," she said.
3. Allow CISOs To Help Guide New Technology Decisions
Security groups previously gained a reputation for always saying no, but Titus said that as the people staffing CISO jobs have become "more well-rounded individuals" who balance both business and technology acumen, the role has been becoming increasingly proactive. "We're leaning into technology, versus saying no to it," Titus said. "Saying no just isn't going to get you anywhere. The technology is coming, and if you're going to say it's not, well, it's already here," she said, citing the bring-your-own device movement as just one example.
4. Make CEOs Demand Security Posture Details
What's a business' current information security posture? Given the prevalence of data breaches, today's CEO should be able to immediately answer that question. But in many organizations, the CEO hasn't a clue, and for organizations that want to better prevent LinkedIn-style breaches, such an attitude needs to change.
Earlier this year, for example, security vendor CORE Security commissioned a survey (conducted by Research Now) that found a widespread lack of communication between CEOs and the person in charge of their businesses' information security programs. According to the 100 CEOs and 100 security chiefs surveyed, in one-third of companies CEOs never receive updates on their company's security posture from the CISO, while in about one-quarter of businesses, security communications with CEOs happen only on a "somewhat regular" basis.