Security on the Internet:

"Policies should be tailored to the institution and well-articulated," in order to inform internal staff what the rules and boundaries are. Clear policies "also give the technologists an idea how they should configure the system to the security profile of the company. One of the greatest challenges that carriers face in implementing security is that the Internet inverts the traditional security function. In the past, the security department of an organization has been seen as a gate keeper: 'my job is to prevent people from getting into systems. The Internet completely turns upside down, and now the job is to be a business enabler, and to let as many people in as possible, in a secure fashion...................

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Building an E-Business Infrastructure

In order to harness the power of glossy front-end, customer-facing applications, insurers have to make sure the less glamorous back-end systems are ready to meet the demands of e-commerce-24/7, real time, personalized access.

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Inching Towards Knowledge Management

Document technology has taken the insurance industry by storm. But few insurers are seeing the wealth of untapped information these (now electronic) documents contain. When will knowledge management catch on in insurance?

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