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End-to-end encryption is the key to protecting data and reputations: In order to avoid the financial and brand damage associated with data breaches, businesses need to consider deploying end-to-end encryption as a tamper proof way of securing data. Commentary - Media outlets around the globe highlight new data breaches at an alarmingly regular rate. Forrester estimates that the cost...; Tags: PCI, Organization, Data Breach, PCI DSS, Encryption Key, encryption, security, Paul Meadowcroft Thales, Special to ZDNet, Paul Meadowcroft, Thales, Special to ZDNet; News items 2009-11-11
The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda: Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...; Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2009-11-05
QPack Free Testing Tool Test Management 5.3.1 (Windows): QPack is an end-to-end solution for Application Lifecycle Management, containing all development lifecycle modules, such as market requirements, system specs, development, testing, and delivery. QPack ALM supports the marketing team, system architects, developers and testers by providing each team with professional tools suited to its specific needs and methodologies. QPack...; Tags: Medical Device, Microsoft Windows, Application Lifecycle Management, Tool, Orcanos Application Lifecycle Management, QPack, QPack ALM, Medical Device Software Development, QPack Medical Device Software Development, Healthcare, Software Development, Software/Web Development; Software downloads 2009-10-26
SIMCommander AntiVirus Analyzer 3.1.4 (Windows): SIMCommander K-SOC Analyzer uses a new approach to analyze virus information from different point products and expands the existing AntiVirus visibility in a dashboard. The K-SOC Analyzer dashboard is a high-level snapshot of your AntiVirus activity that can quickly and easily visualize the AntiVirus status of your network relative to...; Tags: Antivirus, Virus Infection, Microsoft Windows, Virus, SIMCommander, SIMCommander K-SOC Analyzer, K-SOC Analyzer, K-SOC Analyzer Dashboard, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security; Software downloads 2009-10-23
Citigroup Uses FAST to Accelerate Delivery of Customer On-Boarding Application: Citi had invested significant time and resources in creating its certified 'Gold copy' customer database. This was not merely a technology challenge. The team wanted to create an intuitive, easy to use search system that by reducing the time spent searching for customer records, would re-enforce the value of the...; Tags: Team, Customer Information, Microsoft Corp., Citigroup Inc., Team Management, Management; Case studies 2009-10-23

Don't tase me in the chest, bro: Seems like a legal memo to me...It seems to me that when a person receives an electric shock, it doesn't matter where it enters the body, chest, legs, shoulder, neck etc. All the same.Taser is starting to cover it's behind, now that a Canadian judicial enquiry has determined that in...; Tags: What-if IT, NOW IT, TASER, aspirin, chest, cop, risk; Discussion threads 2009-10-21
McCarran-Ferguson and a cross-state health market: Las Vegas?"But if you?re going to let New Yorkers buy from Vermont why not let them buy from Las Vegas?"Uh, because Las Vegas is NOT A STATE.We are the united states of america and not the united cities of america.I could have written Nevada, trueBut Las Vegas is funnier and...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Vertical industries, Corporate governance, Insurance, Delaware, health care, health insurance; Discussion threads 2009-10-16
Wireless Devices on Trading Floors - Regulatory Compliance Risks: This paper identifies the potential regulatory violations and security challenges of firms that fail to provide surveillance of cellular phones and 802.11 wireless devices on trading floors. In addition to outlining relevant regulations and accompanying risks of non-compliance, the paper discusses the benefits of a comprehensive no cellular phone and...; Tags: Wireless Device, Wireless, AirPatrol, Wi-Fi, Regulatory Compliance, Wireless And Mobility, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; White papers 2009-10-15
Ellison's keynote: Linux, Exadata, the Governator and more: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison took the stage for the final keynote at Oracle OpenWorld 2009 today - an afternoon session that followed lunch and got off to a rough start when Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan who was scheduled to speak after Ellison came on stage first and spent 45 minutes...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, IBM Corp., Ellison, Fusion, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2009-10-14
From Trust to Process: Closing the Risk Gap in Privileged Access Control: In this whitepaper, Enterprise Management Associates EMA examines this critical issue in IT security administration in light of the BeyondTrust approach to helping businesses move from a trust-based system to a secure, auditable process in order to provide a higher standard of control and better support for regulatory compliance.; Tags: Access Control, BeyondTrust, Regulatory Compliance, Workforce Management, Security Administration, Security, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; White papers 2009-10-14
Root Access Risk Control for the Enterprise: Compliance efforts and security concerns have driven businesses to make substantial investments in threat control. Too often, however, these efforts pay far too little heed to the risks posed by poorly controlled access to administrative privilege in IT, which can have a hugely disproportionate impact on the business. In...; Tags: Microsoft Access, Enterprise, BeyondTrust, Security, Strategy, Management; White papers 2009-10-14
TechGuard keeps spam and botnets at bay with one-click, enterprise-level security for SMBs, SOHOs: One of the most difficult things for a small or medium business to do is set up a security scheme that's effective, affordable and intelligible to the average employee. Chesterfield, Mo. and Baltimore, Md.-based TechGuard is attempting to address that problem by bringing its enterprise and government-level...; Tags: Security, Firewall, Network, SOHO, Small And Medium Business, TechGuard, SM, Smb/Sme, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2009-10-13
Reduce the Cost to Achieving HIPAA Security Compliance with LumensionÂ® Solutions: Healthcare organizations face a host of HIPAA Security Rule compliance challenges with the move to put patient medical records online. Lumension helps organizations address these compliance challenges by providing the proactive risk management and the required audit readiness to meet many aspects of the HIPAA Security Rule.; Tags: Compliance, Lumension Security Inc., Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Healthcare, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; White papers 2009-10-12
Flu shot controversy illustrates compliance problem: I refuse the flu shot every year...and definately will be refusing the H1N1. As a young adult with a healthy immune system I see no point. Sure I may get the sniffles - but diet, exercise, and such take care of most of it. Who knows what is ACTUALLY in...; Tags: Government, Vertical industries, SECURITY, compliance, flu shot, flu; Discussion threads 2009-10-08
Accounting Firm Saves Millions of Dollars, Draws Significant New Business: Grant Thornton LLP needed a new document management solution that would reduce legal risk and operational costs, yet also drive business growth through secure team and client collaboration. That's what it has achieved with Microsoft and NextPage technologies. Its C3 solution is expected to save the company millions of dollars...; Tags: Accounting, Microsoft Corp., Document Management, Managerial Accounting, Groupware, Regulatory Compliance, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; Case studies 2009-10-05
IBM targets Google Apps for business, undercuts pricing and touts reliability: Good newsWhile I'm not a big fan of IBM due to the usual cost associated with their offerings, I like their products overall and the fact that IBM is one of if not the largest proponent of open source software. I've used Lotus Notes and found it not as...; Tags: cloud computing, E-mail servers, pricing strategy, Premier Edition, Louts Notes, Google Inc., Google Apps, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2009-10-02
Achieving Efficient Governance Risk and Compliance through Process and Automation: This white paper presents a low risk, high impact approach to gaining control of regulatory compliance. The procedures, tasks, and behaviors that bear upon compliance can be overwhelming. Yet organizations that can master these activities, operate more efficiently, compete more effectively, and build their brands. Learn how Governance, Risk, and...; Tags: Compliance, Epicor Software Corp., Automation; White papers 2009-10-01
Microsoft IT Strengthens Security With Data Loss Prevention Solution: To safeguard data stored in and transmitted from Microsoft offices and portable devices around the world, the Microsoft IT Security team used the Active Directory service to manage data-access rights and early versions of RSA Data Loss Prevention DLP products to locate sensitive data. This solution required IT staff to...; Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft IT, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Strategy, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Management; Case studies 2009-09-29
Google Chrome Frame boosts IE speed up to Chrome levels: If only it was for Firefox......but still astonishing results!Could this be the start of hybrid browsers? Will there be a FF version?irrelevantNobody uses IE 7 or 8 because of security.Making a bad product worse is not what windoze users need.This shows again the virtues of FOSS vs proprietary software.Corporate IT...; Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome Frame, Google Chrome, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2009-09-24
Prescription for HIPAA Compliance: Is Your Organization HIPAA Healthy?: The effects of a data breach in the healthcare industry are far reaching as patients and clients lose more than personal identification information (names, addresses, social security numbers), but also sensitive and private medical information (medical conditions, medication information, treatments) that is fodder for identity theft, medical billing fraud and...; Tags: Medical Billing, Health Care, HIPAA Compliance, Utimaco, Healthcare, Hipaa, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Regulatory Compliance, Social Security, Regulations, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; Webcasts 2009-09-22