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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: Managerial Accounting, Finance, Security, Roi/Tco, ROI, Blog, Information Security, Lori Deschene
Blog posts 2007-11-27
InsuranceFinancial Services Organization Has Success with Security Management
This case study describes how Deloitte & Touche's Enterprise Risk Services practice helped a leading insurance and financial services organization define an appropriate information security architecture that would be a secure foundation for the emerging world of e-Business in the insurance industry. To maintain the company's long-term success, protection of...
Tags: Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Finance, Financial Planning, Information Security, Insurance, InsuranceFinancial Services Organization, Security, Security Management
White papers 2001-10-23
Risk Management in the Digital Age: A Call to Action for an Enterprise-Wide, Top-Down Approach to Digital Risk Management and Corporate Governance
Digital risk management is about re-defining corporate governance to meet the new demands facing electronic business. New regulations and recently updated Federal Sentencing Guidelines create mandatory corporate governance environments where business leaders are potentially held personally responsible for privacy and information security violations that occur on their watch. Network-dependent enterprises...
Tags: Information Security, Risk Management, DigitalRisk Advisors, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Strategy, Security, Business Operations, Finance, Management
White papers 2003-01-01
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: Information Security, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Visa Inc., Financial, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Ambiron, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Financial Accounting, Government, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
White papers 2005-01-13
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: Information Security, FDIC, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, General Accounting Office, Financial Accounting, Financial Statements, Strategy, Finance, Management
White papers 2005-05-01
Financial Management Systems - Lack of Disciplined Processes Puts Implementation of HHS' Financial System at Risk
In June 2001, the Secretary of HHS directed the department to establish a unified accounting system that, when fully implemented, would replace five outdated accounting systems. This report reviews HHS' ongoing effort to develop and implement the Unified Financial Management System UFMS and focuses on whether the agency has effectively...
Tags: Information Security, Financial, U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, Financial System, General Accounting Office, Accounting System, Financial Management, Financial Planning, Finance
White papers 2004-09-01
Value at Risk: A Methodology for Information Security Risk Assessment
This paper presents Value at Risk VAR, a new methodology for Information Security Risk Assessment. VAR summarizes the worst loss due to a security breach over a target horizon, with a given level of confidence. More formally, VAR describes the quantile of the projected distribution of losses over a given...
Tags: Information Security, Value At Risk, Investment, Finance
White papers 2001-08-15
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: Audit, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Finance, Financial Accounting, Information Security, Management, Risk Management, Security, Strategy, Training
White papers 2005-10-19
Information Security and Sarbanes-Oxley
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 inaugurated a new era of corporate governance and accountability. In forthright language, it made the need to link sound corporate governance with effective internal controls abundantly clear. However, the vital role played by information technology - and, by extension, information security - in internal controls...
Tags: Information Security, Internal Control, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Corporate Governance, Regulations, Security, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Business Operations, Corporate Law
White papers 2004-02-01

Additional Resources

Canadian Financial Institutions Rank Among the Best in the World in Information Security But Not Exempt from the Onslaught of Breaches.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jun 13, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Attention: Business, Finance and Technology Editors Schoolyard antics evolve into organized crime as world's largest financial institutions face surge in security attacks, reveals Deloitte global study The world's largest financial institutions experienced...
Tags: Canada, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, FINANCE, financial, SECURITY
Research articles 2006-06-13
Canadian Finance Ministry Chooses High Tower Information Security Appliance for Network Security Monitoring and Log Management; Ease of Operation, Price, and Support for Network Devices Key Factors in Purchase.
ALISO VIEJO, CA, May 31, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- IT security technology manufacturer High Tower Software, Inc., today announced Alberta Finance, the provincial Ministry of Finance for Alberta, located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, has selected High Tower's SEM 3220 security event management appliance as its...
Tags: Price and Co.
Research articles 2007-05-31
Firms review e-security in wake of September attacks.
Information security has become a hot topic after September 11 and the finance industry makes a tempting target for hackers or cyberterrorists. But as institutions look at the threats from the internet, they should not forget the enemy within. Information security has become a...
Tags: e-Security Inc.
Research articles 2001-11-19
Former World Bank e-Security and e-Finance Expert Joins CEO America's Advisory Board
CEO America Inc. (OTC: CEOA) is pleased to announce that Valerie J. McNevin, Esq., has joined their Advisory Board. Ms. McNevin is the former e-finance, e-security specialist in the Financial Sector Operations and Policy Division Vice-Presidency at the World Bank. She is the Executive Vice-President of Strategy, Risk and R&D...
Tags: advisory board, e-Security Inc., World Bank
Research articles 2005-08-25
The Finance MBA: Life Beyond Wall Street
Manhattan might be a ghost town, but regional banks and boutiques will still be hunting for talent. Top feeder schools: ...
Tags: Bank, Job, MBA, Career, Recruiting, Perella Weinberg, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Finance, B-School, Financial Services, Investment Banking, BB&T, M&T, Evercore Partners, Lazard, Greenhill, Michael Myser
Articles 2009-02-09
Information Security And The Board: Keeping Risk Out And Letting Business In
Virtually any business today stands or falls by the security, integrity and availability of its digital information. This reflects the pivotal role played by sophisticated IT systems, not only in traditionally data-dependent support areas such as Finance, but across the core operational activities of organizations ranging from airlines to retailers,...
Tags: Information Security, Accenture Ltd., Board, Corporate Governance, Security, Business Operations, Corporate Law
White papers 2009-01-01
NFR Security Appoints David Weinberg to Board of Directors
Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers ROCKVILLE, Md.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 8, 2001 Digital Bandwidth Founder/President Brings More than 20 Years of Legal, Corporate Finance and Venture Capital Experience to NFR Board NFR Security (Bloomberg Ticker: 9022Z EQUITY), a technology leader in information security systems, today announced that David Weinberg has...
Tags: Nfr Security Inc.
Research articles 2001-05-08
Investment Banking and Security Market Development: Does Finance Follow Industry?
Long-term relationships between business firms and investment banks are pervasive in developed security markets and there is evidence that better monitoring and information result from these relationships. Therefore, security markets should allocate resources better when an investment banking industry exists. This paper studies the necessary conditions for the emergence of...
Tags: Finance, Financial Services, Harvard University, Investment, Investment Banking, Relationship, Security
White papers 2002-03-01
VentureWire Announces Investors' Choice Award at Datacenter Ventures; Award Recognizes 10 Security and Storage Start-Ups With the Potential for Success
NEW YORK -- VentureWire, the premier source of news and information about private technology companies, venture-capital firms and the people who manage and finance them, today announced the recipients of its Investors' Choice awards at its annual Datacenter Ventures Private Equity conference held in Redwood City, Calif., on Sept. 21...
Tags: conference, Dow Jones & Company Inc., FINANCE, HARDWARE, Investment, SECURITY, Storage
Research articles 2004-09-28
You Bought It, Now Audit
These days, audits are rarely a source of solace, but finance executives who find IT daunting may actually be relieved to know that IT audits are suddenly in vogue, and provide exactly the sort of big-picture view that most CFOs need. IT audits are not, as one may have guessed,...
Tags: Audit, CFO Publishing Corp., Information Technology, IT Audit, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Finance, Management
White papers 2004-06-15
Strategic Sourcing: From Periphery to the Core on BNET
Strategic Sourcing: From Periphery to the Core on BNETPros and Cons of outsourcingWe have seens mergers & aquisitions, vertical & horizontal integration, and now out outsourcing as a trend, the thing crucially important is that such alliances work on long term strategic partnerships and not merely on economical factors, because...
Tags: Periphery, Strategic Sourcing
Discussion threads 2008-05-14
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