Compliance

Why Compliance Officers Can`t Sleep at Night

See also Workers More Honest When Someone is Watching, Business Ethics: Not an Oxymoron Pity the compliance and ethics officers in your company. They feel stressed by amped-up regulations and public scrutiny, and unloved by colleagues. Many say they don’t even sleep through the night, according to a survey from the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA). “The compliance profession's purpose is to prevent and detect the problems that have occurred in organizations such as Enron, Tyco and Penn State University,” says Roy Snell, CEO of the SCCE/HCCA. “If society wants to us deal with these issues — so difficult that others have chosen to look the other way — then society should make an effort to support this profession." More than 970 ethics and compliance professionals took part in the research. For more about the survey, click here.

Secure, Compliant, and Delicious

Improving visibility across its IT infrastructure bolstered restaurant chain Bertucci’s security and compliance initiatives.

Five Steps for Effective IT Policy Management

More information and more access mean more challenges for the enterprise.

Fighting Lawsuits in the Digital Era

E-discovery excellence could make the difference between life and death for your company.

Mitigating Risk in Your New Position

Senior managers need to consider hidden dangers when starting a job.

App Development Strategy Cuts Costs, Ensures Compliance

Standardizing its software processes has improved Western & Southern’s efficiency, compliance, and security.

GRC Meets Analytics

Turning a cost center into a business opportunity.

Five Ways to Build a More Effective GRC Strategy

You can’t navigate the maze of regulation and compliance without a detailed roadmap.

Navigating the GRC Maze

Governance, risk management and compliance are increasingly woven into all aspects of business, so it’s vital for management to understand the complexities involved in this issue.

Business Expertise Defines Top IT Talent

Technical knowledge is a prerequisite, not a differentiating characteristic that IT departments are looking for in top talent.

Five Common IT Challenges And How To Address Them

Overwhelmed by the routine work of managing technology? You and your coworkers are far from alone – in fact, three out of four enterprises say they struggle with IT management issues. And the hits keep on coming. You know the drill: Systems grow increasingly complex, while the business demands continuity and users clamor for the latest and greatest tools – and expect them to work with existing technology, right out of the box. Storage demands metastasize as the amount of information grows and grows and grows. And regulatory changes seem to constantly up the ante on compliance challenges. A report from IT Productivity Center addresses these and other common situations, offering simple solutions to routine problems. The report is the result of in-depth interviews with top IT managers; IT Productivity Center provides resources to help tech departments resolve business problems in the areas of metrics, measurement, best practices, process improvement, benchmarking, and knowledge management.

Data Encryption On The Rise

The rising number of data breaches, combined with regulatory compliance pressure, is driving an increase in the use of encryption at U.S. companies.

Defending Against Lawsuits

C-Level executives must work together to protect their companies from prohibitive costs, catastrophic risk and over-burdened internal resources stemming from legal proceedings.

WikiLeaks: A Wake-Up Call for Business

While the federal government was the victim of this data breach, it can happen to any business. No organization is immune.

Rules of PCI DSS Compliance

Pointers and considerations to make the compliance journey a smoother ride for your organization.

 

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