I recently read an article by CIO Magazine about what can “safely go offshore.”
I found the list fascinating, but I’m wondering what you might add to this list based on your experiences? Or, the way author Mathias Thurman puts it: “what I would be comfortable with outsourcing and what I would never want to risk putting in the hands of a distant provider.”
I noticed that most of these are in regards to security and risk management. What other areas of enterprise IT do you outsource or stray away from outsourcing?
Here’s a list of items from the article that are safely outsourced:
- Security patches
- Intrusion-detection systems
- Vulnerability management
And here are some that Mathias recommends being more cautious about and consider keeping in house:
- Investigative work, forensics
- Data leak prevention infrastructure
