The third question of the IT Manager 2.0 workshop this morning is what security looks like in a 2.0 world. Many IT departments have a bad reputation because the cry of “security” is used to shut down every new idea or concept. The main points are:

• We need smarter tools that go beyond perimeter-based security to content security aligned with compliance mandates.
• We need smarter security people who are much more than just technology people. They need to know what is supposed to be happening, and then have alerts as to when and where that isn’t.
• The fear of bad things happening is often far worse than the actual reality when they do. And you can’t stop many things from happening … eg, blog posts that speak poorly of your company — the question is whether you want to be involved in the conversation or not.

Here’s our mindmap:

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