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'Disintegrated' IT didn't help financial crisis
News Financial firms could have better handled economic perils if they integrated technology-business infrastructure for more effective risk monitoring, say experts.
Tags: Financial, Software integration, Risk Management, Risk Management, Financial Crisis, IT Professional, Financial Company, compliance, decision-making, Financial
5 cost-effective ways to lower enterprise risk
News Experts from KPMG and Ernst & Young share tips on keeping organizational risk under control, without denting a hole in the enterprise pocket.
Tags: Enterprise risk management, IT Governance, Business, Risk Management, Supplier, Training, Risk, ERP, compliance, analytics
IT fraud, damages triple for S'pore companies
News Study shows estimated financial cost of insider or third-party fraud last year jumped 224 percent over 2004, and nearly two-thirds of incidents involved the use of IT.
Tags: Data security, Risk Management, Risk Management, Fraud, Survey, compliance, KPMG Consulting Inc., financial reporting, financial, information technology
Get a slipping project back on track
Techguide Plenty of things can derail a project plan--here are some practical techniques that can correct the direction of a project that’s losing ground.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Activity, Project, Schedule, Deadline, Resource, project manager, Work, performance review
SEC fails own security and accounting tests
News National watchdog finds sensitive data at risk and problems with internal financial practices at the SEC.
Tags: Data security, Accounting
SOX compliance and its impact on your DR plan
Techguide If you've recently added policies and software systems specifically for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, you will also need to revamp your disaster recovery planning. Make sure you know the SOX basics.
Correct your off-schedule project with these techniques
Insight Here are five techniques that can correct the direction of a project that is missing deadlines.
Don't foul out
Insight New corporate regulatory and compliance laws can be a dizzying mix of vague action-steps, making it hard for an organization to play ball. Avoid the penalty by understanding the basic compliance principles.
Four steps to smarter outsourcing
Insight perspective Whether you're new to outsourcing or an old pro, a consultant offers advice to make your deals the best they can be.
Tags: Outsourcing, Offshoring, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Security, IT Security, Outsourcing Company, performance, outsourcing arrangement, outsource
Consider taking a distributed approach to firewalls
Techguide Jonathan Yarden discusses the benefits of distributed firewalling and mentions some of the issues companies should consider when using this approach.
Tags: Security, Network security, Hacking, Viruses and worms, Policy and management
Sarbanes-Oxley and its affect on storage compliance systems
Techguide This article discusses the primary provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that affect storage systems. Scott Lowe gives an overview and describes some storage products that offer special compliance features.
Tags: Storage, Storage area networks (SAN), Network-attached storage (NAS), Sarbanes-Oxley
Hidden gold in corporate cleanup
Insight Corporations' rush to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act looks likely to be a boon for security product makers.
Tags: IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Sarbanes-Oxley
Firewall strategy: Try distributed
Insight Distributed firewalling is a recent approach to network security. If you connecting private networks to multiple branch locations, this could be your ticket.
Security experts advise caution in the cloud
News Cloud computing is on the rise, but handing responsibility for your data over to a third party brings new security considerations, experts say.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Data security, Network security, Security Management, Business security, Security, IT Professional, Europe, ERP, Eli Lilly & Co.
S'pore data protection enforcement needs bite
News The Singapore government needs to appoint an agency with adequate authority and funds to effectively enforce its data protection guidelines, says consultant.
Tags: Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Business security, Data security, PC security, Data, Data Breach, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore
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