Blog Index
Insights and articles about knowledge management, information security, technology, data and analytics, business process automation, platform management, and other related topics, from our experienced team of consultants.
Select a topic from our blog:
-
FireOak Receives National Women’s Business Enterprise Certification
FireOak Strategies receives the prestigious National Women’s Business Enterprise Certification from WBENC.
-
New Article Series — Building and Maintaining a Modern Intranet
Introducing FireOak’s new series all about modern intranets — with tips and tricks, best practices, actionable insights, and more.
-
Building a Modern Intranet
A well-designed, modern intranet can be a key component of a successful knowledge management strategy. A modern intranet should make it easier for staff to do their jobs, find what they’re looking for, collaborate with each other, and stay connected to the organization.
-
What is Knowledge Management?
Knowledge management is the process of formally creating, capturing, securing, sharing, and re-using an organization’s internal information and knowledge.
-
Penetration Tests vs. Vulnerability Assessments
Confused about whether your organization needs a penetration test or a vulnerability assessment? Read on to understand the difference between the two and when to use each.
-
Is it time for your annual cloud platform check-up?
It’s incredibly easy for organizations to accumulate a ton of new cloud platforms. FireOak recommends conducting a cloud platform check-up on a regular basis — at a minimum, once a year.
-
Website Vulnerability Assessment FAQ
FireOak conducts website vulnerability assessments for many of our clients. Here are some of the most frequently-asked questions — and our answers! — about these website vulnerability assessments.
-
How Platforms Proliferate
We often get asked what’s the best knowledge management system. But getting a new system can lead to platform proliferation without addressing root causes.
-
-
Balancing Security and Sharing
For most organizations, it can be a challenge to balance the need to protect and secure data with the need to promote internal knowledge sharing. But it doesn’t have to be the case.

FireOak Strategies is a boutique consulting firm that helps organizations manage, secure, and share their knowledge. We bring clarity to complexity, look for elegant and simple solutions, and make sure that organizations are focused on solving the right problems. Learn more…
Manage, secure, and share your organizational knowledge
More articles about:
- FireOak in the News
- Information Management
- Information Security
- Information Technology
- Knowledge Management
- Research Data Management