IT Compliance Buzz
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007Taking Action to Protect Sensitive Data - view report
You might be surprised to find that::
· 90% of all organizations are experiencing more than two losses of sensitive data each year
· 20% are suffering from 22 or more data losses annually
Beyond SOX and Endpoint Security: Six Emerging Trends in Compliance - Mathew Schwartz
Last year, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) dominated companies’ compliance efforts, organizations increasingly adopted endpoint security, data breaches grew epidemic, and experts warned companies Microsoft OS Vista would be no silver bullet for compliance or security efforts. [more]
Door locks are the often overlooked weak link in IT security - Yesterday, March 21, 2007, 3:00:00 AM
Many can be defeated in seconds with simple equipment
Related Stories:
· IT and Compliance: 10 Big Predictions for 2007
· Ten Things to Remember about 2006
HEADLINES
Modern photocopiers fingered as new security threat
Hard drives retain unencrypted images of the originals –> http://www.itcinstitute.com/info.aspx?id=36594
Poor communications are lead cause of IT project failure
Insufficient resources came in as a close second –> http://www.itcinstitute.com/info.aspx?id=36596
Risk management not living up to expectations, survey finds
Most risk managers report left out of key decisions –> http://www.itcinstitute.com/info.aspx?id=36601
WEBINAR
IT Compliance Management - US and European Views Mar.21
Research conducted by IT Compliance Magazine and Scalable Software. The output of this research tackled a number of different issues - attendees will learn the following:
· regulations demanding the most attention
· where responsibility for compliance lies in organizations
· influence and involvement of external consultants
· different attitudes towards services and automation
Join us on March 21 at 12 noon EST
ProsecutionWATCH - ITCi
Japanese celebrity CEO gets prison in Enron-like case
He had written bestsellers about how to succeed in business –> http://www.itcinstitute.com/info.aspx?id=36605
SEC brings fraud charges against four former Nortel executives
Executives hid over $300 million in excess reserves from income statements –> http://www.itcinstitute.com/info.aspx?id=36606
LexisNexis break-in brings a year in prison
Gang breached a database routinely used by law enforcement –> http://www.itcinstitute.com/info.aspx?id=36607
SEC charges three Indian hackers with online brokerage account hijackings
Indian trio bought stock and then hijacked accounts to drive up the price –> http://www.itcinstitute.com/info.aspx?id=36608
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