Risk Management
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Firms see need to better risk management
News Companies also believe committing additional resources to risk management can help them create competitive advantage, Ernst & Young survey reveals.
Tags: Security Management, Business security, Risk Management, Survey, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, business strategy, compliance, leader, Security Management
'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, Enterprise risk management, compliance
Visibility lacking in supply chain
News Lack of insight into systems data is the greatest challenge facing organizations in the supply chain, yet many are not correcting this, study finds.
Tags: Supply chain, Supply chain integration, IBM Corp., Risk Management, Asia, supply chain management leader, Survey, Asia-Pacific, Supply chain integration, SCM
S'pore banks get help in lending decisions
News Country's consumer credit bureau taps on business intelligence tools to enable financial institution members to perform timely creditworthiness checks online.
Tags: Data mining & analysis, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Banking, Commercial lending, Bureau, Risk Management, Business Objects, Financial Company, Singapore, credit history
Create a risk contingency budget with Expected Monetary Value
Techguide Learn how the Expected Monetary Value technique provides a formula for determining the right amount of budget to apply to the risk contingency budget.
Tags: Risk Management, IT budgeting, IT project management, Project management, Contingency, C, Impact, Risk Management, Project, Risk
Cloud computing for finance firms: Is it compliant?
Insight perspective Financial services organizations are warming to cloud computing, despite the regulatory hurdles. One U.K. lawyer explains what to watch out for.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Web services, Microsoft Corp., Firm, Data, Risk Management, Supplier, Regulation, On-demand
'Controlled cloud' the way to go for security
News Malware landscape will more and more dictate a cloud component for security software to be effective, but a security model cannot solely rely on a cloud service, says Sophos.
Tags: Network security, Data security, PC security, Security applications/tools, Cloud computing, Protection, Malware, Security, Risk Management, Sophos Plc.
Tech helps improve Thai healthcare monitoring
News Thanks to the "Smart Health" project, initiated by the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (Nectec), Thailand will be a healthier land of smiles.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Database management, Databases, Data centers, Risk Management, Thailand, Tool, Service, expert system, collective intelligence
10 ways to manage your risk with Web applications
Techguide Web apps are becoming popular, but there are legitimate concerns about security and reliability. Learn how to address potential risks and choose the right vendor.
Tags: Web services, Software engineering/development, Risk Management, Vendor, Disaster Recovery, Security, Tool, Polly Schneider Traylor, Web Application, performance
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
Protecting the Beijing Olympics from hackers
News The security team behind the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games has revealed how it found the real risks hidden within the millions of alerts it receives every day.
Tags: Security, Hacking, Authentication, Atos, Risk Management, Security Audit, Information Security, London, network, Hacker
Ethical hackers get industry association
News The Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers has been launched to provide a trade body and professional body for penetration testers.
Tags: Security, Risk Management, Aviva Plc., Industry Association, Information Security, Web Application, Infosecurity Europe, penetration testing, London, Hacker
Global crisis hits Asian finance tech
News Technology departments in region's financial sector are affected by "extremely lengthy internal approval" of corporate budgets, says industry observer.
Tags: Financial, IT Governance, Service level management, Merger integration teams, Computer Associates International Inc., Risk Management, Financial Company, Consolidation, SLA, Environment
Business alignment, security define apps
News IT departments too often implement applications to satisfy user demands instead of evaluating value-add to business and data security, says consultant.
Tags: Risk Management, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Security, Risk Management, compliance, performance, software, network, data protection
