Auditing
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MIT: CIOs should focus on fewer items
News Chief information officers need to learn to cut costs and streamline IT operations so they can better present a "rock solid" business case to management.
Tags: IT project management, IT budgeting, Microsoft Corp., Asia, IT Budget, IT Services, Project, Singapore, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, auditing
Manage group accounts with Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policy
Techguide Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policy permits administrators to audit status changes to user accounts. Here's a look at this feature.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Event, account management, group policy setting, auditing, Ohio, Rick Vanover, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Prevent employees from 'going rogue'
Techguide There is often a personal crisis trigger that causes an already borderline employee to cross the border. Would intervention prevent information compromise or system loss?
Tags: Communication skills, Personnel management, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Data security, Employee, Security, Behavior, auditing, photocopier
Exchange 2007 SP2 paves the way to Exchange 2010
Techguide Exchange 2007 SP2 is out and about. Scott Lowe outlines some of the more exciting changes that have been made to this popular groupware product.
Tags: Server platforms, Microsoft Windows, Exchange 2007 SP2, Service Pack, Scott Lowe, Backup, auditing, Service Pack 2, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Auditing user accounts in Server 2008 R2
Techguide Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policy permits administrators to audit status changes to user accounts. Here's a look at this feature.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Security, Event, account management, password change, Windows Group Policy, Password, auditing, Ohio
Symbian admits Trojan slip-up
News Group has promised to improve its digital-signing processes after it signed a piece of mobile malware with botnet features.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Malware, Security, Mobile, F-Secure Corp., operating system, antivirus
Introduction to Change Data Capture in SQL Server 2008
Techguide SQL Server database consultant Tim Chapman takes a look at the new auditing features available in SQL Server 2008.
Tags: Databases, Server platforms, Data Management, Microsoft SQL Server, Data, Database, Data Auditing, data capture, auditing, DDL
Setting up CDC in SQL Server 2008
Techguide Change Data Capture is a new native feature in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition. Here's how to use it to easily set up data auditing on your SQL Server system.
Tags: Databases, Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Microsoft SQL Server, Table, Database, Raleigh, stored procedure, auditing, Chapman Co.
Bean counters get connected in crunch fight
News Accountants' roles have shifted from providing bookkeeping to providing business counsel as well. The change has led to a requirement to be contactable anywhere by clients, who need up-to-the-minute advice.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Human resources, Mobile, Smart Phone, Survey, accountant, auditing, England, job, U.K.
Challenge balancing security checks and costs
Blogs Satyam has been big news for the last few days. Certainly the news has been disturbing and causes people to pause and th...
Nine charged in Hyderabad in Satyam fraud
News As elections loom, Price Waterhouse auditors, former chairman Raju, and others are accused of falsifying accounts and other crimes.
Tags: Lawsuits, Accounting, Financial statements, Leadership, Services, India, CFO, Hyderabad, Fraud, CBI
SAP posts healthy results, but will shed 3,000 jobs
News Despite a good year and healthy fourth quarter, the German software company plans to cut staff in the tough economic climate.
Tags: Layoffs, Business applications, SAP AG, Business Objects, software company, Gartner Inc., auditing, business intelligence, software, job
Google won't run all Wave servers
News Company clarifies new real-time communications platform will be federated, so anyone will be able to run their own Wave server.
Tags: E-mail servers, Servers, Google Inc., data retention, auditing, Server, e-mail, e-mail server, Internet, health care
5 security precautions to take for the holiday break
News What do you think about when Christmas approaches? Some of us think about how vulnerable our networks might be while we're away on vacation.
Tags: Network security, PC security, Data security, Disaster Recovery, Authentication, Security, Holiday, Backup, auditing, virus
On the trail of Dell's carbon footprint
News While the PC maker is certainly early with its carbon-neutral claim, other companies will soon follow. As they do, there will be a need to seriously vet these claims.
Tags: Green IT, Desktops, R&D, Recycling, Supplier, Carbon Footprint, Emission, Computer, auditing, audit
