Five Security Missteps Made in the Name of Compliance
In the hurry to meet a regulatory compliance deadline, companies risk making some costly security mistakes. Here are five examples.read more
View ArticleAverage annual cost of PCI compliance audit? $225k
Merchants that undergo network audits to ensure compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards are paying an average of $225,000 each year.read more
View ArticleWhere is Your Cloud? Four Compliance Best Practices
If you think the phrase "It's in the cloud" means that your data resides on the Internet and is thus accessible everywhere equally, think again. Most infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud services...
View ArticleSupreme Court's SOX decision may be non-event for IT
Monday's Supreme Court decision on a lawsuit challenging the Sarbanes-Oxley Act financial regulations is unlikely to cause IT managers to change current strategies for complying with the law.read more
View ArticleIBM bolsters business analytics unit with purchase of OpenPages
Aiming to expand its business analytics capabilities to support compliance and risk management processes, IBM today announced it is purchasing Waltham, MA-based software vendor OpenPages.Terms of the...
View ArticleIBM scoops up information governance vendor PSS Systems
IBM on Wednesday announced it has acquired PSS Systems, a privately held company whose software is designed to help large organizations manage electronic documents required to meet legal...
View ArticleExpert: WikiLeaks complicates compliance
SenSage CEO Joe Gottlieb explains how WikiLeaks was just the beginning of a larger challenge to come, in terms of compliance efforts and a future full of WikiLeaks-inspired content leakers.read more
View ArticleCisco acquires Pari: What goes around, comes around
Cisco this week announced its intent to acquire privately-held Pari Networks, a provider of network configuration, change and compliance management appliances that was founded by former Cisco...
View ArticleHow Botox battles compliance wrinkles
A BPM overhaul saved the day after legal issues complicated compliance at Botox-maker Allergan.read more
View ArticleCost of regulatory security compliance? On average, $3.5M
The cost of achieving regulatory security compliance is on average $3.5 million each year, according to a survey of 160 individuals leading the IT, privacy and audit efforts at 46 multinational...
View ArticleMerck moves to improve system security and compliance
Pharmaceutical and chemical giant Merck is improving compliance and simplifying security with new systems from CA Technologies.read more
View ArticleeGRC vs. IT GRC
Most analysts break the market down into two broad categories: IT GRC and Enterprise GRC (eGRC). The vendors generally don't make it any easier for potential enterprise customers, as the IT GRC players...
View ArticleIT GRC tools: Control your environment
As enterprises approach a high level of maturity in their IT governance, risk and compliance (GRC) programs, they face a conundrum: How can they effectively implement and manage policies and their...
View ArticleDos and don'ts for IT GRC success
DO agree on an IT-GRC implementation strategy. Moving disjointed, manual processes into an automated, centralized tool is an enormous undertaking. While a giant boa constrictor can unhinge its jaw and...
View ArticleSAP takes on IBM, Oracle with new GRC suite
SAP is hoping to cement its foothold in the growing market for GRC (governance, risk and compliance) software with a new suite, announced Wednesday, that is nearly three years in the making.read more
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