This is the only sane thing I have ever read about security. #3 and #5 are the winners. Airport security is a crushingly inconvenient farce. Why does it persist? IT security on the other hand is frequently effective, but at such a high cost as to bring the entire enterprise into question. Does the Microsoft security regime cost less than every single person on Earth switching to UNIX? I doubt it.

A presentation that is not just about IA, but the need for method innovation and design thinking...

To help managers with the assessment, we've created a simple 130-point scoring process. They can just walk through the various skill areas, rating their team on a 0-5 scale, based on the teams current level of competency. When done, they'll not only have an understanding of the team's overall effectiveness, but a clear idea of where to improve.