This is a management-level book for companies and organizations that are (orwill be) doing business in more than one country. This distinction applies toincreasing numbers of corporations because remaining competitive dependsupon supply chains, customers, and outsourced operations that routinely mapacross the globe. Written in three sections, the book is designed to helpcompanies with security once they, or their extended organization, leave thecomfort of their home turf and encounter new rules, regulations, threats andcustoms. Mapping Security is woven together by the common goal of securebusiness in an entertaining and informative narrative style.
About the Author
Tom Patterson is a business advisor in the areas of security, commerce, and governance.
Patterson has been a successful international security and eCommerce partner at both KPMG and Deloitte, a strategy executive with IBM's Internet Division, and a director of security at MCC, Americas leading R&D consortium. Tom has been a board member of several public companies, has advised all three branches of the U.S. government on Internet and security policy, and is a trusted advisor to company executives around the world.
Patterson regularly comments on the security issues of the day for CNBC and other major media outlets. His track record of success in large scale eCommerce, with three separate projects that have each generated over 500 million dollars online, has him in demand as an author, public speaker, board member, and business advisor.
He currently resides in Pacific Palisades, California, with his wife and son. More information about the author is available at http://www.TPatterson.NET.
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