Fortune 500 companies are backing an attempt to improve
information security in a web-enabled world through the formation
of theSecure Enterprise
2.0 Forum.
The initiative will raise awareness, define industry standards
and best practices, and facilitate interoperability for secure use
of Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise, say the founders, which
include chief information officers at Credit Suisse, Reuters,
Standard Chartered Bank, and Dresdner Bank.
Yuval Tarsi, chief technology officer and co-founder of
WorkLight, which initiated the
forum, said as the workforce becomes younger and more tech-savvy,
companies were embracing new technologies such as RSS, personalised
homepages, social networks, instant messaging, blogs and wikis.
Market analysts who attended the inaugural meeting in London on
Wednesday said security is becoming the major issue with the
"consumerisation of technology" in the workplace.
"The intention of the forum is to work together to improve the
management of threats to corporate assets via Web 2.0 technologies
and services, both current and future," said
Stephen Bonner,
head of information risk management at Barclays.