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In an effort to improve the state of consumer privacy, Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC),
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Office of Thrift Supervision, on January last year announced
that they have put together joint guidelines to safegua (...)
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In an effort to improve the state of consumer privacy, Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC),
the Office of the ...
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2002-02-09
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Ernest Hemingway said, "If you want to meet interesting people you have to go to interesting places." Graduate programs in
cryptography and information security in the U.S. have exorbitant tuition costs. Universities overseas and in Canada are much
more affordable. Be a smart shopper and look at the Inte (...)
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Ernest Hemingway said, "If you want to meet interesting people you have to go to interesting places." Graduate programs
in cryptography and inform...
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2000-06-09
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Numerous firewall solutions exist in the market. However, decision makers can wade through the thousands of product criteria
to find the right solution by properly prioritizing company’s needs, avoiding common pitfalls, and through proper research. (...)
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Numerous firewall solutions exist in the market. However, decision makers can wade through the thousands of product criteria
to find the right sol...
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2005-03-02
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The firewall market is a mature and competitive segment of the information security market. With numerous vendors and firewalls
in all price ranges choose from, IT decision makers should be especially selective. This report presents a market overview
and some criteria for selecting products from the long (...)
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The firewall market is a mature and competitive segment of the information security market.
With numerous vendors and firewalls in all price range... ...
Published:
2005-03-01
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For advocacy firms, safeguarding client information is of paramount importance. One key concern for these law firms is the
presence of vulnerabilities in their networks due to the general lack of user awareness in information security issues. While
there are a number of solutions on the market to combat (...)
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Information Security in Law Firms. Source: MicroWorld Technologies, Inc. ...
Download <strong>Information Security in Law Firms</strong>. Comments: ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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One of the biggest issues now facing corporations is regulatory compliance. As if corporate security threats weren’t enough,
regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), and others now have long checklists of mandated
requirements that must be adhered to—and thorou (...)
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Avoiding Information Overload: A Logical Approach to Managing Endpoint Security and Compliance.
Source: FutureSoft. Document Type: White ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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You think you’re doing right by copying data so it’s available for production support. But did you know copied data is often
at risk of insider theft or tampering? And that database management tools, such as encryption and digital certification, aren’t
always deployed properly, thereby increasing t (...)
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Extending Information Security to Non-production Environments. ... Download
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2010-03-11
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Small to medium businesses (SMBs) can benefit from the expansive use of IT just as much as their larger counterparts. And
in many cases they have to, because of their interactions not only with remote users, but with suppliers and customers as
well. To this end, an SMB’s IT infrastructure needs to be r (...)
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Information Security for SMBs: Ensuring End-to-end Data Assets. ... Download
<strong>Information Security for SMBs: Ensuring End-to-end Data Assets</strong>.
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2010-03-11
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... To ensure the confidentiality of private information—and help ensure compliance with
regulations and internal policies—information security software is now ...
Published:
2008-01-25
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HIPAA-Watch for Security is a tool designed to guide organizations through the risk analysis required by the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance process (US). Relevant Technologies, a leading security research and
advisory firm, evaluated HIPAA-Watch for Security to ver (...)
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... new investment capital, Relevant Technologies expects that RiskWatch could become a potential acquisition
target by a larger information security monolith. ...
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2004-08-27
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You know your organization needs to be proactive about security, but you don't know what that means. You’re a busy executive
and you need your security agenda summed up in a nutshell, but you know nothing about information security. What "to do" list
should you give your CIO? (...)
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You know your organization needs to be proactive about security, but you don't know what that means. You’re a busy executive
and you need your sec...
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2000-06-06
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Interconnection between vendors, suppliers, customers and employees through ERP and CRM tools, has become a competitive edge.
Like ERP and CRM infrastructures, a Public Key infrastructure has become an enabler of business objectives. PKI provides a
systematic approach to information security. (...)
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... critical. Information security can be summarized in three categories:
... PKI provides a systematic approach to information security. Rather
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Published:
2003-12-24
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Without effective security, companies risk losing money and customer trust. With good security, companies have the power
to maintain stakeholder value, customer loyalty, and competitive advantage. Faced with the complexity of providing effective
security, many companies are turning to outsourcing. (...)
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Outsourcing Security Part 1: Noting the Benefits. Jim McLendon - April 5, 2002. Comments: 0. Read Comments
Introduction. Remember the carefree days of summer? ...
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2002-04-05
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Following a previous TEC News Analysis on the security of financial transactions, Congress and the White House have agreed
to put into place new legislation for monitoring banking, including on-line banking. New banking laws that are more current
than today's Depression Era banking laws need to be crafte (...)
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... Currently, FDIC policy only "encourages" banks to perform information security
audits. ... Ask your bank to see a copy of its Information Security Policy.
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Published:
1999-10-26
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The challenge is to ensure that the right people gain access and the wrong people do not, making the role of information
security even more critical to enabling today’s businesses. An integrated security approach offers the most effective security
posture. (...)
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The challenge is to ensure that the right people gain access and the wrong people do not, making the role of information
security even more critic...
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2002-12-09
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As the final article in a three-part series on outsourcing security, the following article provides guidelines for selecting
a dependable managed security services provider. (...)
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... recourse. As a result, companies considering outsourcing the management of their information
security are understandably wary. Gartner ...
Published:
2002-04-11
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A comprehensive study done by TechnologyEvaluation.Com has shown that, for years the FBI has been alienating industry security
experts. Some of the best industry security professionals want nothing to do with helping the FBI resolve cybercrime. Recently,
one of the leading Department of Justice attorney (...)
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A comprehensive study done by TechnologyEvaluation.Com has shown that, for years the FBI has been alienating industry security
experts. Some of t...
Published:
2000-08-21
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HIPAA-Watch for Security is a tool designed to guide organizations through the risk analysis required by the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance process (US). Relevant Technologies, a leading security research and
advisory firm, evaluated HIPAA-Watch for Security to ver (...)
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information security:
... new investment capital, Relevant Technologies expects that RiskWatch could become a potential acquisition
target by a larger information security monolith. ...
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2004-08-27
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Once the user defines compliance case boundaries and establishes the data criteria in Phases I and II, the HIPPA-Watch for
Security tool begins Phase III by launching the risk analysis engine, and concludes with Phase IV, which generates the report.
Using the HIPPA-Watch for Security tool can help an org (...)
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... 2002. Tipton and Krause, Information Security Management Handbook,
4th Edition, Auerbach Publications, 2004. About the Author. Laura ...
Published:
2004-08-28
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Evaluating the cost of outsourcing can be challenging because most organizations cannot fully estimate the financial impact
of such a decision. (...)
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Evaluating the cost of outsourcing can be challenging because most organizations cannot fully estimate the financial impact
of such a decision.
Published:
2002-04-09