Dissonance is bad for business

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October 28, 2009

In music, dissonance is  sound quality which seems “unstable”, and has an aural “need” to “resolve” to a “stable” consonance.
Leading up to the Al Quaeda attack on the US in 9/11, the FBI investigated, the CIA analyzed but no one bothered to discuss the impact of Saudis learning to fly but not land airplanes.
Dissonance in organizations is often resolved  by building separate silos of roles and responsibilities.
However, it is impossible to take wise decisions on risk management in the business when the risk intelligence is in separate silos.

Resolving dissonance in your business is key to getting actionable intelligence in order to reduce risk and improve compliance Why should I care? After all – for this we have security, risk and compliance specialists.


According to the Verizon Business Report, 285 million records were breached in 2008;  32% of the cases implicated business partners.
Information assurance of third parties that have access to your business assets is crucial for contract due diligence, complying with best practices, internal and external audit and regulation.
Due diligence of third parties that work with your business requires actionable intelligence.
Remember Madoff?
Actionable risk and compliance intelligence requires breaking down silos and recycling commonalities instead of fragmenting activities and duplicating resources.
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