Every year around this time I look back over the events of the past year.   This year, the thought, "helping hand" came to mind.  As my close friends know, I took up running this year and ran my first 5K and 10K races.  One of the reasons I completed both races without stopping and with decent times (for me) was due to the help of one of my nieces.  She graciously ran both races with me, encouraging me and keeping pace with me even though her normal pace is substantially faster than mine. With her help I felt the exhilaration of completing something I had never done before.  As I look at various organizations we've spoken with throughout 2010, they seem to have stabilized but most have not hired and resources remain tight.  In other words, they need a helping hand.  Now I'm the first person to admit that accepting help is difficult.   I kept telling my niece that she didn't need to run with me and torture herself with my pace.  But she looked at me and said, "Aunt Carol, I'm running with you."  And how glad I was that she insisted!  If your organization has been "running alone" and performing compliance tasks by hand or relying on your own knowledge to perform a security assessment or get information out of the audit journal or attempting to change your security configuration, SkyView Partners can be your helping hand.