1. It doesn’t make any sense to me.

2. It’s my problem when you’re done.

3. It works, doesn’t that count for anything?

4. I know it seems simple, but it was really hard to program.

5. It’s a nice picture, but it doesn’t do anything.

via agencybyte

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• Every organization must have a plan.
• Having no plan is a plan in and of itself.
• Security programs come in all extremes, shapes and sizes.
• Security programs need to put learned information into practice.
• Today’s IT options include numerous situational awareness tools.
• Effective IT organizations are not only aware of attacks but are proactive about preventing or resolving them.
• Compliance is a lot more than just maintaining data; it also includes the management of that data.
• Security controls come in three essential forms: protective, detective and corrective.
• The field of security event management (SEM) has significant real-time visibility and analysis attached to it.
• SEM is a rapidly growing field that is constantly changing; maintaining updated user guides, data and planning tools will significantly enhance the security process.

via itgi.org

1)   Realize that the enterprise has choice

2)   Know how your business peers make the money

3)   Know how your enterprise makes money or delivers its mission. 

4)   Recognize that an executive’s number one priority really is #1. 

5)   Know the business need(s) you are addressing

6)   Know the way things get done in the enterprise, the social systems and influence networks

7)   Remember what defines success in the enterprise. 

8)   Realize that when executives can’t see value, the only thing they can manage is cost.  

9)   Realize that when you talk of the ‘Business and IT’ you divide the enterprise

10)  Admit to the fact that there are still IT projects. 

11) Consider that when you tout the hero you tell others that your organization is a zero. 

12) Have confidence in IT’s contribution to enterprise performance.

via gartner

10: The pay in IT is good compared to many other professions, but since they pay you well, they often think they own you

9: It will be your fault when users make silly errors

8: You will go from goat to hero and back again multiple times within any given day

7: Certifications won’t always help you become a better technologist, but they can help you land a better job or a pay raise

6: Your nontechnical co-workers will use you as personal tech support for their home PCs

5: Vendors and consultants will take all the credit when things work well and will blame you when things go wrong

4: You’ll spend far more time babysitting old technologies than implementing new ones

3: Veteran IT professionals are often the biggest roadblock to implementing new technologies

2: Some IT professionals deploy technologies that do more to consolidate their own power than to help the business

1: IT pros frequently use jargon to confuse nontechnical business managers and hide the fact that they screwed up

via techrepublic