Author Sieuwert van Otterloo
Dr. Sieuwert van Otterloo is a court-certified IT expert with interests in agile, security, software research and IT-contracts. He is a also an ISO 27001 and NEN 7510 auditor and AI researcher.
Information security – asset inventory
One of the first steps in setting up an information security management system is to create an inventory of information assets. It is in important step to make sure the right measures will be taken: the assets are the basis for identifying risks, and thus for the measures that will be taken to mitigate risks.
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Using the agile principles in a scrum workshop or retrospective
Asking team members to rate themselves against the 12 agile principles it a very interesting and useful exercise during a scrum workshop or retrospective. With ICT Institute we are occasionally asked to lead a ‘scrum update’ workshop: a training for teams that already know wand do scrum, but like to do it better. Especially in these…
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Four password policy rules that lead to better cyber security
A good password policy is one of the simplest and most important security measures one can take. In this article we describe the four rules that any company should include in their security policy, especially if they want to comply to the ISO 27001 standard.
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Getting started with information security
Many organisations find it challenging to implement a full information security policy, because it affects all departments and many business aspects. The best approach in our view is to just get started, with a small team, interactive workshops and concrete steps. Once the team is up and running, you use continuous improvement to complete your approach, document…
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Trends in project portfolio management
Modern companies have many different IT projects or change projects on-going at the same, and therefore have a need for project portfolio management. We asked portfolio management expert Paul Beelen from Improven on current trends and insights into how companies manage their project portfolio.
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