This is not about hats men Geeks exploring cyberspace anymore. Nor is this just about small time criminal gangs committing credit card fraud. We are still trying to couch Information Security in Business Terms, a futile endeavor if ever I have seen one, and a misguided response to an entirely different problem: the financial upheaval and uncertainty that still haunts the world.

It is understandable that in times of financial duress and greater competitive pressure all focus is on the most pressing issue -- profitability. But the resulting mantra of  Security has to enable dad hats Business has meant that we have taken a wrong path, wasted time and as a result have let the security risks get the upper hand. Whilst everyone was called to bowler hat man the oars for greater speed, no one was looking out for rocks and pirates.

This shift will not be short in duration, we are talking several decades, not years. It is only natural that China, the current leading runner in this marathon and the most imposing challenger to western hegemony, should instill a sense of fear and suspicion into the current hats kangol western Zeitgeist. The east does not play by the same rules as the west, especially not in business, and our ability to impose our demands of playing by our standards and in our interest are waning.

The role of the information security professional will indeed change, as many are predicting. But I do not see this as a step towards closer business integration or as business enablers, although they will need to understand the businesses they serve far more intimately than is often now hats straw the case. It will be a move towards a more fitting paradigm, one that reflects the realities on the ground in the order that will emerge through time. Businesses will look to their security staff to protect and guide them, not in matters of doing business, but in matters of doing business securely.

Earlier this year, for instance, she addressed the gender gap issue within anesthesiology at the Society of Cardiac Anesthesiology annual meeting, where she revealed a newly dedicated interest group within the organization that promotes women physicians as leaders.Sasha Shillcutt, MD : Women tend to be over-mentored and under-sponsored.