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Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Banking: Community financial institutions, including retail and commercial banks, savings & loans, and credit unions, along with larger institutions and other commercial enterprises, continue to face increasing information security threats. Compounding these threats is an ever increasing regulatory burden and focus from initiatives like Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, U.S. Patriot Act, PCI, etc....; Tags: Financial services, IBM Corp., financial company, information security, PCI, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, banking, bank; Webcasts
Implementing Information Security Governance (ISG) - A Case Study: Entrust: As a worldwide leader in identity and access management solutions, Entrust takes information security very seriously. Given its leadership role and the increasing emphasis on cyber security, Entrust was directed to review and improve internal information security practices. Cyber security is best viewed, not solely as a technology challenge, but...; Tags: SECURITY, Entrust Technologies, cybersecurity, information security, access management, corporate governance, leadership, leader; Case studies
Wright Patman Congressional Federal Credit Union Tightens Information Security With Xacta: In serving members of the United States Congress and employees of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Wright Patman Congressional Federal Credit Union (WPCFCU) uses Internet technology such as the World Wide Web and e-mail to provide its members with convenient services such as home banking, bill paying, and account...; Tags: Telos Corp., home banking, account management, cybersecurity, information security, information system, WWW, Internet, security, e-mail; Case studies
Information Security Best Practices: Understanding Government & Industry Guidelines: This RSA Security webcast, recorded in March 2005 and now available on demand, features presentations by Rich Mogull, Research Director for Gartner, and Laura Robinson, Compliance Analyst for RSA Security, on topics related the regulatory landscape and how laws like Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, Basel II, OFAC, and others impact information security....; Tags: information security, RSA Security Inc., Basel II, HIPAA, regulatory compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Webcast, compliance, industry; White papers
Lower your blood pressure when it comes to securing patient data.: Protecting patient data is a huge task. Compliance regulations make the challenge even bigger. In this eKit, you'll learn how to safeguard data more effectively, reduce regulatory compliance risks and lower operating expenses associated with security. You'll even see how to dispose of old equipment in a safe, environmentally friendly...; Tags: Cyberthreats, HEALTHCARE, IBM Corp., patient, blood pressure, regulatory compliance, information security, compliance, spyware, health care, virus, security; Resource centers 2008-02-20

Measuring ROI on Information Security: Research indicates managers understand the value of managing information security risk and the importance of communicating that value in measurable terms to executives and stakeholders. But there's one question a lot of people are asking: why is it so difficult to determine ROI on information security? Christopher Hoff, Chief Architect of...; Tags: ROI/TCO, Lori Deschene, ROI, security, information security; Blog posts 2007-11-27
Creating Business Through Virtual Trust: How To Gain And Sustain A Competitive Advantage Using Information Security: Cash. Profit. Margins. Productivity. This is the language of businesses. At this time, it is not the language of information security. Business is concerned with the creation of new entities and assets that generate cash. This paper examines a perspective which currently exists but is largely dormant in the information...; Tags: Bank of New York Co., information security, competitive advantage, asset, security; White papers 2006-07-04
Aid to Industry: Training and Support for Audit, Risk Management and Information Security Specialists - Winter 2005/2005 Course Programme: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu aims to improve the effectiveness of Internal Audit and IT security at their clients by providing quality training and support to audit and information security professionals. Deloitte's courses provide these specialists with the skills necessary to reach the highest standards of performance in serving their organisation and...; Tags: Information Security, Audit, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Industry, Risk Management, Training, Financial Accounting, Security, Strategy, Finance, Management; White papers 2005-10-19
Information Security in Enterprise Management: Making Security an Integral Part of an Organization's Overall IT and Business Strategy: Today's security threats raise many questions for organizations including how to address security, how does it fit with concurrent demands for good governance, regulatory compliance, best practices and management frameworks. This paper examines these and other issues related to the development of a comprehensive and integrated approach to security. It...; Tags: CGI Group Inc., information security, enterprise management, security management, business management, regulatory compliance, security, business strategy, best practice, asset; White papers 2005-09-08
Information Security in Command & Control for Defense and Homeland Security: Many military and homeland security operations today need to have a high degree of shared situational awareness and accommodate for distributed collaborative working in order improve the response to major disasters or non-conventional attacks such as terrorism, and to carry out large-scale military operations. Agencies across the globe are now...; Tags: information security, homeland security, terrorism, agency, security, network; White papers 2005-08-15
Information Security: Department of Homeland Security Needs to Fully Implement Its Security Program: The Homeland Security Act of 2002 mandated the merging of 22 federal agencies and organizations to create the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), whose mission, in part, is to protect the homeland from threats and attacks. DHS relies on a variety of computerized information systems to support its operations. GAO...; Tags: Government Accountability Office, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, information security, homeland security, information system, agency, security; White papers 2005-06-01
Information Security: Emerging Cybersecurity Issues Threaten Federal Information Systems: Federal agencies are facing a set of emerging cybersecurity threats that are the result of increasingly sophisticated methods of attack and the blending of once distinct types of attack into more complex and damaging forms. Examples of these threats include spam, phishing, and spyware. To address these issues, the paper...; Tags: SECURITY, Cyberthreats, Spam, Government Accountability Office, cybersecurity, agency, attack, information security, phishing, spyware; White papers 2005-05-01
Information Security: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Needs to Sustain Progress: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) relies extensively on computerized systems to support its financial and mission-related operations. As part of GAO's audit of the calendar year 2004 financial statements for the three funds administered by FDIC, this report asses the progress FDIC has made in correcting or mitigating information...; Tags: Financial accounting, Strategy, Government Accountability Office, FDIC, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, information system, audit, financial statement, information security, financial; White papers 2005-05-01
Information Security: Radio Frequency Identification Technology in the Federal Government: Radio frequency identification (RFID) is an automated data-capture technology that can be used to electronically identify, track, and store information contained on a tag that is attached to or embedded in an object, such as a product, case, or pallet. Federal agencies have begun implementation of RFID technology, which offers...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Government Accountability Office, RFID, radio, radio frequency, information security, agency, industry; White papers 2005-05-01
Information Security - Department of Homeland Security Faces Challenges in Fulfilling Statutory Requirements: For many years, GAO has reported that poor information security is a widespread problem that has potentially devastating consequences. Congress passed the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA), which permanently authorized and strengthened the federal information security program, evaluation, and reporting requirements established for federal agencies. The Department...; Tags: Government Accountability Office, FISMA, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, information security, agency; White papers 2005-04-14
Information Security: Department of Homeland Security Faces Challenges in Fulfilling Statutory Requirements: Concerned with accounts of attacks on commercial systems via the Internet and reports of significant weaknesses in federal computer systems that made them vulnerable to attack, Congress passed the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA), which permanently authorized and strengthened the federal information security program, evaluation, and reporting...; Tags: Government Accountability Office, FISMA, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, information security, agency, attack, Internet, computer; White papers 2005-04-14
Taxonomy of Inside Threats: How Systems-Based Fraud, Errors & Misuse Inflict Enterprise Losses: Every organization faces the risk of technically capable, application-facing employees and insiders who exercise their knowledge of system rules and procedures to "game" systems to commit fraud. This white paper outlines specific threats of systems-based fraud, misuse and errors in an effort to educate CFOs, audit executives and information security...; Tags: Litigation, Oversight Systems, fraud, information security, audit, knowledge, game; White papers 2005-04-12
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance and How It Relates to the Visa USA Cardholder Information Security Program: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) was written in the aftermath of the accounting scandals of Enron, WorldCom, MCI and similar companies to ensure that the financial reports submitted accurately reflect actual financial performance. The majority of the act is designed to tighten control over financial auditing and reporting. This...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Visa Inc., financial, information security, accounting; White papers 2005-01-13
The 2004 Global Information Security Survey: Pharmaceutical companies are spending more and making progress. But executive responses reveal strategic deficits in security. The results of the most comprehensive and exhaustive survey of global security practices are in. In comparison with their colleagues in other industries, fewer pharmaceutical executives are "very confident" (12% vs. 22%) in their...; Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, security practice, pharmaceutical company, IT budget, security, survey, information technology, industry; White papers 2005-01-01
Understanding the New NIST Standards and Guidelines Required by FISMA: How Three Mandated Documents Are Changing the Dynamic of Information Security for the Federal Government: The mandatory standard defined in this bulletin, applicable to non-national security systems as defined by FISMA, introduces some significant changes in how the U.S. Government protects its information and information systems, including those systems that comprise the nation's critical infrastructure. The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002 places...; Tags: FISMA, NIST, information system, information security, agency, security; White papers 2004-11-01