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  • US relaxes grip on Internet

    It also requires ICANN to "adhere to transparent and accountable budgeting processes, fact-based policy development, cross-community deliberations, and responsive consultation procedures that provide detailed explanations of the basis for…
    01 October 2009
    Tags: Dns • Led • Elements • Names • Assigned • Governments

  • HP launches data security tools and services

    It collects and analyzes log data and reports on variances in the data relative to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other regulations. The password it generates lets the toolbar send passwords to…
    22 June 2007
    Tags: Family • Compliance • Protect • Act • Enforcement • Phishing

  • SAP snaps up compliance outfit

    Virsas applications enable a company to monitor business processes and enforce policies to adhere to Sarbanes-Oxley, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy statute, as well as other regulations.The privately-held…
    04 April 2006
    Tags: Compliance • Erp • Sap • Business Processes • Oxley

  • Microsoft to reveal more about Office 12

    Microsoft is to release more details of the next generation of its productivity software, code-named Office 12, emphasising tools for greater collaboration, information discovery and content management.Although the software isn't due out until the…
    19 May 2005
    Tags: Microsoft Office • Productivity • Portal • Complexity • Peer • Gates

  • Pentagon told to get its IT house in order

    The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has ordered the Pentagon to sharpen up its procurement policies, particularly in IT.At the start of July, the GAO told Congress that the Defence Department was costing taxpayers billions of dollars and…
    09 August 2004
    Tags: Evaluate • Policies • Processes • Practices • Guidelines • Investments

  • Pentagon wasting billions in IT mismanagement

    Because of the lack of IT management at the Pentagon, soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines experienced "substantial logistical support problems as a result of weak distribution and accountability processes and controls over supplies and equipment…
    09 July 2004
    Tags: Accounting • Visibility • Defence • Department • War • Budget

Latest Features

  • Beware cloud computing's hidden costs

    Costs related to people, processes, and architecture associated with both the transition and the operations require analysis and planning before signing up for a business case based on a move to the cloud.CIOs and other IT professionals are…
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Questions • Integrate • Industries • Outlook • Transition • Sounds

  • How clouds and fibre has remade the data centre

    The network switch would perform all these functions as if the virtual servers were directly connected to the servers and this was the first hop into the network.This approach has appeal since it keeps all the well developed processes in place and…
    18 September 2009
    Tags: Adapter • Adapters • Transport • Access Control • Enforce • Reduces

  • Touchpaper questions IT readiness for EuroSOX

    These two European directives were issued by the European Union Council of Ministers, and aim to engender more transparency and public confidence in the operations of companies operating within the EU.The Statutory Audit Directive aims to…
    14 July 2008
    Tags: Act • Laws • Implement • White Paper • Aims • Member

  • Using virtualisation to boost efficiency

    To drive a successful energy-efficient program, you should be able to identify which resources are used and whether they are physical or virtual.IT chargeback methodologies can also help improve IT accountability and resource alignment.
    04 October 2007
    Tags: Savings • Consolidation • Assets • Electricity • Rates • Datacentres

  • Log management in the age of compliance

    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA The US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 outlines relevant security standards for health information. NIST SP 800-66, An Introductory Resource Guide for…
    23 July 2007
    Tags: Credit • Act • Assess • Regulations • Pci • Requirement

  • Los Alamos data leaks due to 'gross mis-management' (Part 2)

    Senior management, rather than increasing the number of working staff has opted to increase their own numbers and to insulate themselves from accountability. The pause required that LASO employees totally revamp processes and procedures, most of…
    21 March 2007
    Tags: Safety • Implemented • Fear • Investigation • Transition • Lab
 

How-Tos

  • Users find dual roles for management tools

    Before they start shopping for compliance tools, IT shops also might look closely at their current management tools to determine whether these products might help meet regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Health Insurance Portability…
    26 April 2005
    Tags: Associates • Act • Collect • Asset • Patching • Inventory

  • Security: keeping Unix servers secure

    Its better to set a policy that admin staff always log in as themselves first and then su to root if they need to, for greater accountability. And make sure that root's login files and cron jobs don't call up other processes or files not also owned…
    29 February 2004
    Tags: Prevent • Passwords • Attackers • Ftp • Hosts • Commands

White Papers

  • Business Intelligence: Improve transparency and agility

    This white paper explains how medium sized businesses can gain operational alignment and accountability resulting in increased revenue, margins, streamline processes and become more agile. Medium sized companies face the same business challenges…
    14 August 2009
    Tags: Business Intelligence • Medium • Processes • Face • Sap

  • Self-Service SOX Auditing with S3 Control

    As corporations come to terms with the implications of SOX to their businesses, one thing is clear: a SOX compliance program is not a one-time project but a sustained effort to gain visibility and accountability into business processes that affect…
    09 July 2007
    Tags: Resource • Compliance • Processes • Controls • Reporting • Effectiveness

  • Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA) Section 404

    Intended to establish corporate responsibility and restore investor confidence, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act(SOA) of 2002 aims to guarantee executive accountability and assurance regarding the internal controls thatsupport corporate decision making and…
    19 April 2007
    Tags: Integrity • Compliance • Act • Availability • Controls • Oxley

  • Proactive Analysis is the Key to Optimizing Networks

    At the same time, compliance with state and federal regulations is another vital priority impacting network management, as CIOs share accountability with CEOs and CFOs for lapses in consistent processes and reporting.With today's complex…
    02 April 2007
    Tags: Compliance • Executive • Environments • Analysis • Network Management • Netmri

  • Self-Service SOX Auditing with S3 Control

    As corporations come to terms with the implications of SOX to their businesses, one thing is clear: a SOX compliance programme is not a one-time project but a sustained effort to gain visibility and accountability into business processes that…
    23 March 2007
    Tags: Compliance • Act • Governance • Effectiveness • Programme • Shift

  • Enterprise Single Sign-On Best Practice Considerations

    Compliance regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley and a host of others require organizations to secure sensitive data within these applications.
    28 February 2007
    Tags: Act • Sarbanes Oxley • Routine • Single Sign • Considerations

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