Trust can be a precarious thing. One mistake could ruin it forever. You spend so much time and energy building trust with your customers, vendors, contractors, and partners, that the last thing you want to do is lose it, particularly over non-compliance. Believe it or not, record keeping and data handling is critical to maintaining that trust.

Privacy laws changed profoundly with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which has had a major impact on the healthcare industry and IT in CT. Not only does a healthcare firm have to commit to protecting patient data--- it has to be very careful in how it uses social media.

IT services in CT must remain as cutting-edge as possible for any kind of cohesive competitiveness. The truth is, technology continues to expand at a near-exponential pace. Innovation is statistically predictable in accordance with Moore's Law. About every 18 months, the capacity for computation doubles on itself. Accordingly, new innovations carry out a domino effect away from that computational increase.

IndustryWeek, one of the largest trade publications in the country serving the manufacturing sector, published a detailed article about the new NIST 800-171 cybersecurity guidelines, the bulk of which is an extensive Q&A with Kelser VP of Professional Services Matt Kozloski.