On 16 Jun 2009 12:48:37 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL >> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:42 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: IBM Software Secure Support via USA Citizens >> >> Ya know! >> Not everybody on this is a USA Citizen. >> Nor, do we live in the USA. >> I'm still trying to see where this helps me. >> >> (Flame me if you wish). >> >> But, I'd prefer to see this topic dropped. > >Agreed. And I am a US citizen, living in the US.
Probably IBM should look into providing similar services in each country it does business, Indians in India, Canadians in Canada, etc. As a US citizen living in Canada, I would strongly urge Canadian companies not doing business in the US to also not keep any personal data on US computers because of Patriot Act implications. In general, if an organization does not otherwise do business in a jurisdiction and maintain legal expertise for that jurisdiction, it should not have any data processing in that jurisdiction. In federal countries, there may be interesting surprises between states, provinces, cantons, etc.. In the case of IBM, GM, Volkswagen, HSBC and like companies, they have the legal exposure anyway in most jurisdictions where they might have data processing so this does not apply. What portions of the information processing represent (or at least should represent) the core competency of an organization. What really can safely be farmed out to outside organizations? How trustworthy are hired guns like myself whose last three jobs were as a contractor? It is a balancing act and especially difficult for a small organization. To have adequate expertise in many areas of security crucial to an organization, a small entity may have little choice other than contracting to a specialist organization yet security can be crucial to that entity's ability to do business. An organization will have to manage the relationships and I suspect that cost is greatly underestimated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
