Corporate Spy Games? Or Just Bad Luck?

(This article originally appeared on my LinkedIn profile.)
Funny story here... OK, not so funny actually. 

Have you ever felt like someone was eyeing your stuff, like your iPhone or a new bag? I have, but that's mostly because I work in risk management and I'm paranoid. But then one day it happened to me, and now I'm SUPER paranoid.

3 Risks of a Remote Workforce

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Newsflash!! Remote work is no longer an employee benefit, many see it as a requirement to even consider working for you. I've been fortunate for years now to work in a field where my presence is not always required in the office. In many cases I actually have to work remotely, from airports, hotels, or a vendor's crammed conference room. It's rare that my entire team is ever in the office at the same time.

3 Third Party Don'ts

(This article originally appeared on my LinkedIn profile.)
Disclaimer: This post is about Third Party Risk Management, not politics. 

So I'll get right to it...

1. Don't Sign That Paper!
...until you have read it, and read it again, and had your legal council read it. I read contracts a lot... more than I care to. I have yet to run across a blatantly devious third party contract but I rarely see one that doesn't require edits. Third Party contracts are usually template based and ready for you to fill in the blanks. They weren't written specifically for your business model and may not meet your requirements. Also, they may leave you with little recourse in the event of a data breach, or other disaster.

3 Signs Your Vendor Is a Lemon

(This article originally appeared on my LinkedIn profile.)
My first car was an Oldsmobile Achieva, and tough it got me from A to B for about a year, it didn't Achieva lot (haha...see what I did there?). I didn't know at the time how much that car would teach me about life and business, but one lesson that sticks with me to this day is that things will ride smooth until they don't.