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SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

Note: what follows was a document I prepared for my Syracuse University class, I would be interested in any feedback on its contents either in the comments section or sending me an email at dmintz@ourownlittlecorner.com. Thaanks.

 

One of the first discussion topics for our class dealt with an excerpt from one of our textbooks relating to where the security function should report within an organization. 

The excerpt said “In these cases, the information security manager generally reports directly or indirectly to the CIO but in some cases may report to the CFO or, unfortunately, even to Operations.”

SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

Sensor Technology

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This Week

 Before I get to the topic of this blog entry, sensors, I wanted to mention that I have been privileged to play a small role in the Government 2.0 Expo, www.gov2expo.com, occurring Tuesday, September 8th, and the  Government 2.0 Summit, www.gov2summit.com, occurring Wednesday and Thursday, all at the DC Convention Center.

 The fact that so many people around the country are interested in experimenting with 2.0 technologies to improve the way Government interfaces to its external and internal stakeholders and in a fundamental fashion rethink how it should operate, is wonderful.

 Democracies only work well when there is vigorous debate and participation in the public square.  I encourage anyone who reads this blog, recently calculated in the ten’s of viewers, to access these web sites and get active in future such activities.

 Sensors

One of the ways to look at the development of Information Technology is the increased capabilities of fast computers, fast networks and fast sensors.

fast venn diagram a

 

Sensor Technology

The Edict of Milan

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As those who know me know, I have become very interested in the archaeology of the Bible. By Bible, I mean the Hebrew Bible.

My personal opinion is that faith is just that, faith. To me, faith does not have to be ‘proven’ by the historicity of religious texts or disproven by the lack of same. My interest has pretty much nothing to do with my Jewish beliefs, but rather curiosity as to whether the historic record is consistent or inconsistent, or has any evidence at all, related to the Bible as history. There has been a lot of new information collected over the last twenty years and the ability to interpret the material already collected has increased enormously. Thus there is lots to read and think about.

Over time, my interests stray a bit from that original focus and have moved to early Christianity and on to the middle ages and Islam, covering what I call the three major Abrahamic religions. When I talk about, and I guess write about, these thoughts I do find myself more cautious when discussing Christianity or Islam, since as a Jew I sometimes feel how my thoughts will be taken, which I try to always disassociate with faith and belief, may be misinterpreted.

A discussion about the Edict of Milan after the jump …

The Edict of Milan