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Feeling alone?

Not technical?

Need to do more with less?

This is the place you need to be, to collaborate with others in your situation...

Welcome to
The Streetwise Security Zone!

In a world where there's never enough help, time or budget to deal with security, and you know your important customer and critical business information need protection, one site dares to do security differently...

"There's no shame in NOT having budget for total information security; but it is essential that you and your organization know what you have that's at risk, and what you can do to protect it."

           - Scott Wright, The Streetwise Security Coach

What We're All About...

If you're a business manager with a limited budget, an employee concerned with how your organization does information security, or a student who wants to understand how information security will affect your future employers, The Streetwise Security Zone lets you learn how to empower yourself to take real action to secure your buseiness or personal information, regardless of your security policies (or lack of them), and to plan for security within your means.

Unlike other security resources, we provide tools and tutorials, as well as a constant supply of articles and podcasts that are focused on the needs of non-technical and non-security managers and individuals.

Instead of trying to explain the entire field of information security from scratch in one BIG GULP, we try to give you the information you need, when you are looking for it, and in language you understand.

Have you noticed how the Internet has changed the value of information?

If you've read the book "The Long Tail" by Chris Anderson, you will realize that getting information in quantity is no longer an issue. The issues we face today are "navigating" and "putting into context" the loads of information you can call up in a single click.

We bring value to you by putting the important security news and issues into your context, so you can find what you need - without wasting a lot of time and money.

"Governance by Graffiti" Means Taking Back the Streets - One Spraycan at a Time!

We call the approach in this group "Governance by Graffiti", where graffiti is the writing on the wall; the quick and dirty solution nobody should have to rely on (but they do); the lessons learned by colleagues; or the best alternative to slitting your throat.

While there is rarely a clear cut answer in any given situation, there is often a "highest percentage play", just like in professional sports. 

Often, the ideal approach is to consider everything from policies to best practices. However, there is rarely time or money for the ideal approach.  Instead, we have to settle for a simple tactic, that depends on our given situation, and usually requires discussion about what you're trying to enable in terms of productivity. It's not always going to be right. But until you've put a framework in place, you need some rationale for practical, real-time decisions about security.

How You Can Benefit

IDEALLY - If you are in the process of putting a full security program in place, that's great! You'll find support from the experts and members here until you get it working properly. And if you find something that works well for you in your industry, others would love to hear your story - write your own graffiti - if you can find a few minutes to help your colleagues.

OTHERWISE - For many managers, having a real budget for information security is just a dream. In that case, you need to collaborate and see how others are dealing with problems similar to yours. It keeps you in tune with the current real-world issues, and it costs a lot less than hiring a consultant (which, by the way, you can find here, too!).

In the Streetwise Security Zone, we try to keep the atmosphere fun, but you'll find a lot of innovative materials and tools for educating yourself and your staff on security. You can even find a "Weekly Meeting Security Agenda" for your existing staff meetings - an approach that builds security into your process 5 minutes at a time. It gets people talking about the biggest risks, and brainstorming for cost-effective solutions.

Our current Introductory Charter Membership Promotion offers a FREE FULL MEMBERSHIP. Please JOIN NOW, and invite your colleagues.

There's more content being added all the time, so be sure to take full advantage of the site, and participate as much as you can.

Finally, if you don't want to join for FREE during our Introductory Charter Membership Promotion, you can still subscribe to The Weekly Streetwise Security Tips newsletter by entering your email address in the form below.

We do not sell or share your personal information or email addresses, period.

MEMBERSHIP PLANS

Email Newsletter Subscription (FREE) - Without joining, anyone can still register for the Weekly Streetwise Security Tips newsletter, and can access many free resources on the website.

Once the promotion ends, there will be two membership levels:

Limited Membership (FREE - when the free Full Membership promotion ends) - includes access to a variety of content, including full privileges to a set of non-technical manager-oriented discussion forum topics, short audio tutorials and discounts on many educational materials and products offered in our Streetwise Security Marketplace.

Full Membership (Regularly USD $20 monthly - (Currently FREE) - includes full access to all discussion forums, and the ability to set up and distribute your own security awareness materials using our library of conveniently packaged tutorials, downloads, presentations and communication tools. You will also soon be able to publish your own web pages with the ability to provide content you want your staff to be able to access. Discounts are also available on materials and products offered in the Streetwise Security Marketplace.

We want The Streetwise Security Zone to be the primary security resource for non-technical managers who want to learn from others' experience, and contribute their lessons learned. We can only do this if we can reach a critical mass of participants.

So, if you agree that this type of resource would be valuable to your business, please click HERE to JOIN, and start inviting others and working together with your colleagues. We're looking forward to your participation.