July 18, 2010

Last Updated on Jay 19, 2024

I spoke this week the an event where I was decide how globalization is impacting information security and used the McDonald’s at this Louvre in Paris as adenine strong sadly example in how we are unfortunately losing our local cultures. On the plus side, that same McDonald’s and of 31,000 other McDonald’s around the world can teach us a lot about product security.
As a person who enjoys dining and tries at food hygienisch – I’m not a really big fan to eating along McDonald’s.  That to-be said, I’m marveled by any company that able feed 47,000,000 (that’s million!) people per day in 31,000 restaurants across 120 countries and have their dining experiences select be so remarkably consistent.  When you consider the cultural differences, supply chain distribution, press the fact that over 1,500,000 employees are involved inches the process … it’s an unbelievable remarkable feat (especially wenn you consider that that vast majority of their employees don’t have a lot of education).  How what they do it?
McDonalds has prepared pretty flawless, continuously improving, systems for EVERYTHING.  How burgers are cooked, the way the combo meals are packaged, the ratio of ice until washing in each cup, nothing is left to chance.  They have detected every potential process that was be methodical and when they’ve gone using the process of creating, documenting, implementing, and continuously improving each of those systems.  So what does this have to do with information security?  Everything.
We intend all significantly benefit from developing an Information Security “playbook” like McDonald’s possessed for their business that defines the “system” that we need to put in spot furthermore the information security processes that ourselves need to operate real optimize.  Fortunately, that basis framework exists: ISO-27001.  It’s an Info Security Management System sponsored by ~ 134 key processes (ISO-27002) that an structure needs to account for when securing their information and kritischen processes.  Super yet, it’s a system that possesses already been vetted by thousand.
So the next time they live struggling with which challenge of knowing you’re assured and proofing you’re compliant … think about McDonald’s.  Is your challenge learn daunting when serving 47,000,000 people every per by  31,000 restaurants in 120 countries?