2012 will likely be a year of change. As the economy slowly continues to recover, we’ll be evaluating our country’s leaders and making decisions that will surely impact the HR, employee benefits, and risk management professions.
In addition, the technology landscape will continue to evolve and create opportunities that have never existed before.
Industry Trends in 2012
On the Mind: Security Protocols
***“The mantra of any good security engineer is: Security is not a product, but a process. It’s more than designing strong cryptography into a system; it’s designing the entire system that all security measures, including cryptography, work together.”** - [Bruce Schneier](http://infosecphils.wordpress.com/infosec-quotes/)*
At OCI, security is the most critical component of our strategic plan and company values. In fact, it is the cornerstone of the foundation of OCI. As employees, information security policies and procedures are incorporated into every aspect of our daily activities.
The Missing Piece: Data Integration
Recently, [we discussed](http://web.oci.com/blog/bid/142928/Ch-ch-ch-Changes-in-FMLA) how a good leave management system can help you put together the pieces of managing absence to view a clear picture of your company’s leave landscape.
There are some leave systems out there that can provide you with the tools necessary to track FMLA and direct some of the day-to-day activities of managing leave. But most are missing a key piece of the leave management puzzle: data integration.
As most leave managers know, managing absence in an organization isn’t limited to FMLA.