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Kathleen Kotwica

Kathleen Kotwica is executive vice president and chief knowledge strategist for the Security Executive Council. Prior to joining the council, she held a wide range of leadership positions, including information architecture consultant at a New England consulting firm, director of online research at CIO and CSO magazines, and research associate at Children’s Hospital in Boston. The Security Executive Council, a risk mitigation research and services organization for senior security and risk executives from corporations and government agencies responsible for corporate and/or IT security programs. In partnership with its research arm, the Security Leadership Research Institute, the Council is dedicated to developing tools that help lower the cost of security programs, making program development more efficient and establishing security as a recognized value center.  Visit https://www.securityexecutivecouncil.com/about/spotlight.html?sid=26499.

 

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2011 Security Leadership Issue: Like Risk, Security Leadership Success Is a Moving Target

Bob Hayes Kathleen Kotwica
June 6, 2011

Since the Security Executive Council launched six years ago, it and its research arm, the Security Leadership Research Institute (SLRI), have studied the shifting shape of the security profession and its drivers. Through in-depth, ongoing research, development of the Collective Knowledge™ process, and trend tracking, we have learned much about the changes that have affected security, as well as the personal and external factors that help determine leadership success.


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Rebuilding Influence after Corporate Restructuring

Bob Hayes Kathleen Kotwica
May 1, 2011

Company reorganizations are a fact of business that may have grown more frequent as our economy has changed in recent years. 


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“Garbage In” Can Cost You Your Job

Kathleen Kotwica
November 1, 2010
We recently conducted a poll on our Web site asking visitors the question, “What in your organization is putting your continued employment at greatest risk?” Eighteen percent of respondents said
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Need A Reliable Source Of Security Research? Let’s Build One

Kathleen Kotwica
December 1, 2009
One of the ironies in the world of industry research and benchmarking is that everyone is looking for information, but few are willing to share it. In the realm of
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The Forces of Change

Kathleen Kotwica
April 1, 2008
Globalization and economic strain can lead to angry incidents. Security is changing. The various shifts underway right now involve more than just convergence, biometrics and Sarbanes-Oxley. Security is changing
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