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- Accountability
- The traceability of actions performed on a system to a specific system entity (user, process, device). For example, the use of unique user identification and authentication supports accountability; the...
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- Demonstrate Accountability for Your Analytical Assets Throughout Your Organization
- If you use data mining or rules-based models to make key decisions, you may need to explain the basis for these decisions to satisfy compliance for Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II, and other regulations. This executive brief explains how you can address regulatory compliance by using proven analytics management technology to automatically...
- White papers 2009-06-03
- Increasing Transparency and Accountability in Federal Performance Reporting: Lessons from the OMB Pilot Program
- In 2006, the Office of Management and Budget OMB authorized the Performance and Accountability Reporting PAR Pilot Program, which permitted executive branch agencies to use an alternative approach to reporting financial and performance information. Eleven departments and agencies volunteered to participate in the FY 2007 PAR Pilot Program. Three initiatives...
- Resource centers 2009-06-03
- RedBeam Check In Check Out 5.4.11 (Windows)
- Drastically improve accountability using RedBeam Check In/Check Out. Check in check out software from RedBeam allows you to effectively track tools, equipment, file folders, product samples and rental items - any items that have revolving ownership or possession. RedBeam Check In/Check Out comes in two versions, standard and mobile. The...
- Software downloads 2009-05-01
- Extreme capitalism. Consumption supreme. Is it over?
- Extreme capitalism. Consumption supreme. Is it over?Obamasiah will not allow drilling or new Nuclear powerObamasiah has banned off-shore drilling and building of any new power plants.So I hope everyone enjoys the 25% ENERGY TAX coming this summer, get ready to have electricity crisis along with high fuel cost...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-08
- Oracle Solutions for Implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
- The role and use of information technology solutions will be critical to achieving the goals of effective investing and execution, accountability of funds and the transparency and measurement of performance. The depth and breadth of programs require a large array of technologies from applications to execute business and operational processes,...
- White papers 2009-03-01
- Getting on the wavelength
- There's a solid, wide focused article by Tim Weber on the BBC News website's Davos coverage which articulates well the challenge many companies have in understanding and engaging with the internet on the most basic strategic level. Readers of sophisticated technical sites like...
- Blog posts 2009-01-30
- ITIL requires better log management and analytics to gain IT operational efficiency, accountability
- Because the business of IT supporting a business is relatively new, we are still trying to grow and mature those frameworks of what we all agree upon is the best way to handle things. ... When people look at ITIL, organizations assume that it’s something you can simply purchase and...
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Town of Newmarket Increases Accountability and Efficiency With Integrated Application Infrastructure
- Town of Newmarket wanted to automate enterprise software to increase efficiency and better serve the town's more than 78,000 residents and meet community goals for a more transparent government. The challenge was to support move toward self-service and e-government for the growing region. Town of Newmarket implemented Oracle's JD Edwards...
- Case studies 2008-11-01
- Scathing report slams UK gov't data loss
- The UK government has released a scathing report, called the Poynter Review, criticizing Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs HMRC, following the loss of confidential data belonging to 25 million UK citizens. The report concludes "the loss was entirely avoidable and the fact that it could happen points to serious institutional...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Using ECM to Help Municipal Government Offices Reduce Paper and Improve Information Management
- A strong Enterprise Content Management system can ensure that the department is complying with privacy and accountability requirements, as well as other measures that are specific to government offices. ECM guarantees that access to records is restricted to authorized users. Audit trails can be established so that users can have...
- White papers 2008-06-01
- 6 reasons government IT projects fail
- Failed government IT projects occur with alarming frequency. In some respects, these failures share much in common with botched private sector initiatives. For example, failures in both environments are primarily a function of poor management rather than bad technology. Still, there are important differences between government...
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- Microsoft's End to End trust vision: Can this identity, trusted stack thing work?
- Microsoft unveiled its "End to End Trust" security vision and now the real work begins: Will anyone buy into it? At RSA, Microsoft rolled out a whitepaper that at the very least is quite the conversation piece. Reading through the whitepaper--something I encourage everyone...
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- 10 ways to benchmark your Active Directory environment
- Active Directory Services is the going standard for account provisioning, basic system management, and DNS authority in most environments. But having some accountability to determine what has changed over time can be a challenge. IT pro Rick Vanover offers 10 strategies for achieving accountability in your Active Directory environment. They'll...
- Download resources 2008-03-25
- E-Notebook Middleware for Accountability and Reputation Based Trust in Distributed Data Sharing Communities
- This paper presents the design of a new middleware which provides support for trust and accountability in distributed data sharing communities. One application is in the context of scientific collaborations. Multiple researchers share individually collected data, who in turn create new data sets by performing transformations on existing shared data...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Java, Peer-to-Peer, and Accountability: Building Blocks for Distributed Cycle Sharing
- The increased popularity of grid systems and cycle sharing across organizations leads to the need for scalable systems that provide facilities to locate resources, to be fair in the use of those resources, and to allow untrusted applications to be safely executed using those resources. This paper describes a prototype...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- X3watch 1.3 (Mac)
- X3watch is an accountability software program helping with online integrity. Whenever you browse the Internet and access a site, which may contain questionable material, the program will save the site name on your computer in a hidden folder. A person of your choice an accountability partner will receive an email...
- Software downloads 2007-12-18
- Financial Controls and Disaster Relief: Oxymoron or Realistic Objective?
- Controls and accountability mechanisms help to ensure that resources are used appropriately. Nevertheless, during a catastrophic disaster, decision makers struggle with the tension between implementing controls and accountability mechanisms and the demand for rapid response and recovery assistance. On one hand, quick action could not occur due to procedures that...
- White papers 2007-11-07
- IBM security strategist: Stop crediting vulnerability brokers
- An IBM security strategist wants software vendors to stop acknowledging companies and researchers who buy and sell security vulnerabilities.Gunter Ollman, director of security strategy at IBM Internet Security Systems ISS, believes there's no real accountability attached to the trading of vulnerability information by third party companies like iDefense and TippingPoint.iDefense...
- Blog posts 2007-08-08
- Is there a Google trap? Data portability vs. accountability
- Is there a Google trap? Data portability vs. accountabilityIs there a Google trap? Data portability vs. accountabilityYou never, ever, have anything positive to say about Google. Your blog is collected by Google News and therefore I see it when I receive Google Alerts on the subject of Google. You have...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-09
- Is there a Google trap? Data portability vs. accountability
- I often note Google CEO Eric Schmidt is Google’s top cheerleader; Google blogger Matt Cutts seems to be a formidable runner-up. At his “personal” blog, Googler Cutts, head of the Google Webspam team, has been giving props to fellow Googlers this 2007:“Not trapping users’ data = GOOD”I was happy about...
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
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