Certification Magazine - February 2008 - (Page 7) said these lapses create a reactionary, ineffective response that’s not hands-on enough. “Not surprisingly, given the number of reported breaches, organizations continue to respond primarily with the ‘firefighting’-type method that we reported in last year’s privacy survey,” Mears said. “Both privacy and security professionals indicated that incident response continues to be their primary privacy activity, and relatively little time is spent on potentially more proactive activities, such as strategy, gap analysis and training.” The respondents were divided into two different groups — privacy management and security — then asked a series of questions about activities, function, roles and resource allocation. Key findings of the study were in the areas of employee training, program implementation and resource allocation. According to the survey, just 7 percent of privacy and security professionals’ time is spent training employees. Yet, survey respondents overwhelmingly stated that more time expended on this would make privacy breaches scarcer. Also, risk assessment frameworks and training-based programs have a much lower adoption rate than governance-related ones. Finally, both privacy management and security professionals agreed that more than 60 percent of their time should be spent on incident response, strategy development and other proactive activities. Program Updates Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has introduced new certifications within its Implementer and Storage Manager tracks. The two new exams cover specialist-level curricula on business continuity and data center solutions. Hitachi Data Systems Certified Implementation Specialist – Business Continuity (HH0-270) is a 60-minute, 57-question exam. The Hitachi Data Systems Certified Implementer credential is a prerequisite credential and a building block to Hitachi’s definition of business continuity. The other new exam, Hitachi Data Systems Certified Storage Manager – Storage Management (HH0-380), consists of 58 questions and also lasts 60 minutes. It tests the validity of a candidate’s knowledge of tools and practices in their storage environments.8 – Ben Warden, bwarden@certmag.com ONLINE DEGREES IN TECHNOLOGY Use your IT CERTIFICATIONS to accelerate your DEGREE ONLINE. Microsoft, Sun, Oracle, Cisco, Comp TIA, SAS, PMI, GIAC or (ISC)2 certifications could waive up to 25% of your fully accredited bachelor’s degree. Call us today at Here’s what you can get from the online degree programs offered at Western Governors University: 1-800-375-8892 or visit us online at www.wgu.edu/cm14 Flexible ONLINE learning Up to 9 certifications built in at no extra cost Programs in Networks, Databases, Security, Software and IT Management http://www.wgu.edu/cm14 http://www.wgu.edu/cm14
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