Radian Compliance Management Services

• Federal agent indicted for using a government database to stalk his ex-girlfriend

  Jilted agent made unauthorized use of the database 163 times

• Loss of backup tape in Ohio leads to Connecticut state lawsuit against Accenture

  State of Connecticut sues for negligence and other causes

• Apple’s Jobs is subpoenaed in stock option-scandal

  SEC wants testimony in its suit against Apple’s former general counsel

• Simple measures can’t gauge outsourcing success, experts say

  Forrester Research takes a holistic approach, uses 150 different measures

• UK defense agency hands out BlackBerries to staff members

  Units can be erased remotely if stolen or lost

• Security system doesn’t protect online firm from coordinated hacker attacks

Working in tandem from multiple IP addresses, hackers systematically milk customer credit card data from Web site

• New PCI DSS guidelines are on the horizon for application developers

  New rules would add to, rather than replace, the current set

• Most financial institutions have suffered external security breaches, and users are typically to blame, UK survey shows

  But upper management has been slow to get involved

• Ex-CFO files for damages after dismissal for document destruction

  Whistleblower or weasel, ex-exec wrestles with Sunrise Senior Living over claims of wrongful termination

• Storm worm botnet flexes its muscle

  Huge botnet has been attempting to drive anti-spam organizations off-line for weeks with denial of service attacks

• Cybercrime now bigger than the illegal drug industry, expert says

  The criminals have the upper hand as cybercrime becomes a burgeoning business bringing in $105Bn and the authorities are slow to respond

• Daylight Savings Time poses potential problems for unpatched systems

  Unpatched systems must set their clocks and "fall back" on October 28th as opposed to November 4th

• IT Process Institute releases survey and benchmark of best practices that really work

  Change management and configuration management were found to be important

• Business managers overlook IT risk management to their detriment

  IT risk management can make the business far more agile and ensure smooth change management

• E-Health records too easy to hack, report complains

  Medical users spend too little attention, money on IT security

• European Commission claims the UK failed to properly implement one third of the Data Protection Directive

  Of the 34 aricles in the Data Protection Directive, the European Commission reports 11 were not satisfied by the UK Data Protection Act 1998

• GAO says SEC investigations are floundering

  Decentralization and inadequate management systems are touted

• DHS issues preparedness investment guidelines

  Regional collaboration and communications are near the top of the list

• TD Ameritrade data breach exposes entire customer database

  Intruders appear to have used the information for spam rather than identity fraud

• Online bazaar for stolen credit card details still flourishes

  $400 can get you someone else’s bank account details

• Google calls for minimum global privacy standards

  Search engine endorses principles already proposed by APEC

• COSO publishes preliminary version of internal control monitoring guidance

  Document is intended to help organizations who must comply with Sarbanes-Oxley section 404

• DoJ workers must now use government-issued computers for telecommuting

  The department bans the use of privately-owned PCs and digital assisants to ensure proper encryption and monitoring for all machines utilized for telecommuting