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By Eric Grant

 

   SNS Asia Editor [Tokyo]

 

You are personally invited to join me in a live conference discussion on April 27th, the third in our "Big Problems, Big Solutions" series, on the subject of "The Consumer Revolution vs. Enterprise Security: Who Wins?"

 

It's crystal clear that technology now drives the global economy, in virtually all segments, from agriculture to chips. Therefore, enterprise Intellectual Property  particularly the "crown jewels" held by each firm represent the key assets in this economy.

 

It's also now obvious that nation-sponsored theft of crown jewel IP is rampant, growing, and extremely difficult to resist, as commercial tools go up against military-grade attack teams from China, Russia, and elsewhere. The world's most critical IP is at serious risk, if not already compromised.

 

From the consumer's perspective, the release of the iPhone and its follow-ons has provided a universe of new and personalized services. The world has never been more exciting.

 

But as users try to force Bring Your Own Device rules onto the enterprise, we have the opposite situation. From the perspective of the CEOs and CIOs, what worse could happen than to consider connecting thousands of new insecure devices to the company network?

 

We'll talk about how to analyze and resolve this problem over time in this quarter's call, along with other related issues in this critical confrontation between "what's cool" and "what's safe." I would encourage you to bring your own questions, and I'll do my best to address them during our hour together.

 

For those who cannot make the call after having signed on, or would like to listen later, we will provide a recording upon request. To register for this call now, and to capture special volume and member discounts, please go to:

 

www.stratnews.com/snsconferencecalls

 

I hope you can join us for this important discussion.

 

Sincerely,

 

Mark R. Anderson

CEO, Strategic News Service

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Publisher's Note: It's difficult, if not impossible, for those of us physically outside Japan, and culturally disconnected from her culture, to appreciate the incredible response to the tragic issues of a year ago. From the deeply personal to the public governmental and business reactions to this cascade of tragedies, the Japanese have quietly shown the world how to deal with adversity. At the same time, inadvertently, this period has given us a chance to acquire a deeper understanding of these levels of enterprise that we otherwise might never have seen.

 

As always, SNS Asia Editor Eric Grant has provided an insight into what is real about these responses, from an on-the-ground perspective, which I find invaluable. I have little doubt that our members will, too. mra.