I know "Joe", and on top of Robert's recommendation, I might suggest when
"bringing it up" or making it know, you send it with a digital signature for
non-repudiation, but that's just me being paranoid.

And just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after me.

Best,
Edward

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Robert Miller <[email protected]> wrote:

>  I completely understand your situation!
>
> I heard that "Joe" was working at a company were he seen many things that
> fail a few different assessments and brought them to the attention of the
> executive staff, then was told to either put it under the table or stop
> telling us this stuff we really don't like hearing it.  After pondering this
> for a few hours "Joe" decided it was best to document things and try to
> continue to use opportunities to bring it up in meetings.  Last time I spoke
> to "Joe" I was told nothing has changed and if nothing else, it has gotten
> worse.
>
> My advice to you is to document everything and protect your backup of said
> documents, because reality is that once it comes to the surface, and it
> will, you will be the fall guy for the company because no executive I know
> of will admit to the fault and take the blame!
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Robert
>
>
> Robert Portvliet wrote:
>
> Rich Mogull had a few things to say about that yesterday (very good read)
> http://securosis.com/blog
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Ron Gula<[email protected]> 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>  All great points .... and now from a CEO who says their QSA's let them
> down:
>
> http://www.csoonline.com/article/499527/Heartland_CEO_on_Data_Breach_QSAs_Let_Us_Down?page=1
>
> Heartland CEO on Data Breach: QSAs Let Us Down
>
> Heartland Payment Systems Inc. CEO Robert Carr opens up about his
> company's data security breach, how compliance auditors failed to flag
> key attack vectors and what the big lessons are for other companies.
>
> ...
>
> --
> Ron Gula, CEO
> Tenable Network Security
>
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