Enterprise Key Management - A Strategic Approach

As information security breaches continue to grow and regulatory compliance becomes increasingly mandatory, many organizations have switched their security effort to focus on data encryption. Whichever level organizations wish to encrypt data at – application, database, file or storage level, laptops and other storage media – there are proven technologies available to administrators. There are also a number of authentication and access control mechanisms that can be used ensuring only authorized users can encrypt and decrypt data; regardless of the implemented technique cryptographic keys form the foundation of the security solution. If these keys are compromised then the security of your encrypted data is likewise compromised. So what are the essential elements of an effective key management implementation? What criteria are important in selecting your solution? This white paper addresses  these questions and provides insights into how your sensitive data can be securely encrypted.

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Offshore Development Management White Paper

Are you considering offshoring an IT project? Have you already offshored several projects but failed to achieve the project objectives? If so, download this Offshore Development Management white paper to learn the key steps you need to take to ensure your offshore projects are successful and deliver the results you want.

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Offshoring IT Development - A Project Manager's Perspective

David Jones, VP of Professional Services for Alvand Solutions, was privileged to make a presentation to the Project Management Institute's Orange County Chapter for their monthly Advanced Topic Seminars. For this presentation David elected to discuss the topic of managing offshore IT projects from a project manager's perspective.

Presentation topics included:
• Determining which projects to offshore
• Common problems associated with offshoring projects
• Selecting an offshore partner
• A framework for managing offshored projects
• Managing a global team

Click on the links below to download the presentation and the case study David discussed with the seminar attendees.

Download the IT Offshore Development Management - A Project Manager's Perspective Presentation

Download the Case Study from the Seminar

Read the PMI review of David's Advanced Topic Seminar presentation (on page 14)