Power: What do you look for in such programs?

Burgess: I want to know whether or not the program has expunged NO, and replaced it with HOW accompanied by a WHY. Rarely do we see employees willingly auger-in their company. But employees do auger-in their company because they didnt know why certain information should not have been availed during a period of embargo, or they are told that they cant use any of the social networks, but aren't told the why behind the request and in their attempt to get their tasks completed find a work-around.

Power: Anything else you would like to say about the security, privacy and risk issues involved in the rise of social media?

Burgess: Social Media has provided lift to the competitive intelligence industry, like sliced-bread did to bakeries. I continue to be amazed at the willingness of individuals to over-share about their personal lives, their professional lives and their companies.

Power: You had a long and distinguished career in national security, working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency for thirty years, and after that you spent several years working on global security issues at the highest levels of an industry-shaping corporation, a giant of the IT sector, working both internally and with that corporation's partners.