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Thursday, January 18th, 2007Reinforce your security solutions with effective processes
Over the last several years, regulatory requirements and increased public awareness of data theft or loss have motivated executive managers to take a more serious look at protecting information assets. Now that you’ve installed security technology, it might be time to review what’s been accomplished and determine how to make the most of installed solutions.
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At what price would you abandon your boss’s loyalty?
The British have come up with a monetary incentive for reporting the illegal use of software, as described in this story from News.com: “Rat on your pirate boss, win $36,000.”
EU Looks to Smooth Global Audit Vetting - Spurred by worries about overregulation that echo those of U.S. companies, the European Union is looking for ideas about how to streamline the inspection and registration of non-EU auditors working for companies listed on European exchanges.
Legal community expects Sarbanes-Oxley, executive pay reviews in coming year - The federal government may ease some of its regulations on corporate boardrooms in 2007, turning its focus instead to hedge funds, according to legal analysts.
Shareholders should hope Congress leaves teeth in Sarbox - Critics trying to build support for a rollback of corporate reform laws argue that they’re way too costly and have taken all the fun out of doing business in America. Those are lame excuses.
Citing Sarbanes-Oxley Reins, Chairman Leaves Shutterfly - Shutterfly, an online photo service, said Monday that the chairman, Jim Clark, co-founder of Web pioneer Netscape Communications, had resigned. In explaining his departure, Mr. Clark said securities regulations, and more specifically the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, had “gone too far.”
Jim Clark - Clipped Wings at Shutterfly - BusinessWeek.com talks to the famously outspoken founder of Netscape and Silicon Graphics about the burdens of Sarbanes-Oxley.
SOX Gets a Makeover - Top 10 Predictions for 2007: Law will be fixed to make IPOs less costly.
Could you produce old e-mails and IMs in the event of a lawsuit? - While the data management implications of new criminal regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 have captured a great deal of attention, recent changes to the (U.S.) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) impose their own requirements on management of archived e-mail and other electronic transmissions.
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