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Fighting Lawsuits in the Digital Era

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:53:29 -0500

E-discovery excellence could make the difference between life and death for your company. - When a company is hit with litigation, the pressure becomes intense to collect and understand the potentially relevant, electronically stored information that may support or undermine defense of the case. That pressure comes from the need to understand the scope and risk of the matter, so the co...

Defending Against Lawsuits

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:46:48 -0500

C-Level executives must work together to protect their companies from prohibitive costs, catastrophic risk and over-burdened internal resources stemming from legal proceedings. - C-level executives strive to protect their companies from lawsuits and regulatory proceedings, but lawsuits are part of business, so the C-suite needs to be prepared. CEOs must protect their organizations reputation and reduce shareholders risk, CFOs must control costs and CIOs must effectively man...

Rules of PCI DSS Compliance

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:46:36 -0500

Pointers and considerations to make the compliance journey a smoother ride for your organization. - Data breaches have made news often in the past few years. When credit cardholder data is compromised, merchants face bad publicity, lasting damage to their reputations, lost business and possible fines. The global average cost of a single data-loss incident was $3.43 million in 2009, or $142 per com...

Taming the Compliance Beast

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:27:15 -0400

A governance, risk and compliance solution is helping RadiSys manage financial, operational and IT processes more cost-effectively. - SUMMARY: RadiSys faces complex challenges related to governance, risk and compliance, especially as it relates to compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Compliance Manager Michael Higgins explains how the company implemented a flexible GRC solution to meet these challenges and address new ones as t...

Sarbanes-Oxley as a Management Tool

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:52:53 -0400

The Supreme Court says Sarbanes-Oxley will be with us for a while, striking down a key provision of the law but leaving most of it untouched. That may be good news for managers who have grown accustomed to SOX. A recent survey of 400 executives across the U.S. conducted by consulting and audit firm Protiviti shows that the longer leaders are exposed to SOX compliance efforts, the more likely they are to see the benefits from these activities. - ...

Intel, Microsoft, Google Team Up for Net Neutrality

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Many of the technology and digital communication industry's biggest players announced the formation of the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG or TAG), which will work together to find consensus on issues relating to net neutrality. - The organization, represented by AT amp;T, Verizon, Microsoft, Google, Intel and others, will examine broadband network management practices or other related technical issues that can affect users' Internet experience, including the impact to and from applications, content and devices that utilize t...

Business Technology Governance

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:24:40 -0400

Articulating a strategic vision about the role of business technology is a significant element of strategic governance. - By exercising strict governance over the strategic direction and tactical control of technology projects, you can maximize the business value of your technology investments. A portfolio approach gives senior technology executives a mechanism to align IT investments with overall corporate strategy a...

Meshing Compliance with Security

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:10:30 -0400

The challenges and benefits of marrying regulatory requirements with smart information technology security practices. - The realities of todays heavily regulated IT environment have forced a priority shift with IT security. Initiatives that once could never find a patron are now being funded, as organizations scurry to comply with regulatory demands. This has been a positive step for a lot of IT security practice...

State of Maryland Moves to Repeal Technology Tax

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:57:17 -0400

The controversial levy, which targets a wide range of computer services, would drive IT companies from the state, critics say. &

- The Maryland Senate voted April 4 to repeal a controversial 6 percent tax on computer services. If also approved by the Maryland House of Delegates, the vote would reverse a November decision to tax computer and data support services, custom programming, consulting and disaster recovery services. ...

Treasury Set to Announce Regulatory Overhaul

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:27:44 -0400

A new regulatory plan will be put in place by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in response to mounting recessionary trends in the economy.&

- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will reveal in full sweeping new plans on Monday for streamlining a hodgepodge of regulation faulted for permitting the U.S. mortgage crisis to balloon into a full-blown economic threat. Keenly aware of the political debate already mounting...

Sarbanes-Oxley Rules Get Reprieve in Subprime Mess

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:50:46 -0400

With market turmoil and the subprime mess, the push to ratchet down Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and costs have simmered down. Will the compliance push get even louder now from Washington?

- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Sarbanes-Oxley corporate reform law passed after the collapse of Enron Corp has been called every nasty name in Big Business's book: costly, burdensome, a bane to U.S. capital markets. But now that investor confidence has again been shaken by market turmoil, calls to ...

Study: Sarbanes-Oxley Playing Second Fiddle

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:15:50 -0400

Sarbanes-Oxley compliance is taking a back seat to other governance and risk management initiatives, according to a new AMR Research study.

- Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance is taking a back seat to other governance and risk management initiatives, according to a new AMR Research study. For the first time since AMR began polling IT and business executives on governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) in 2003, SOX is not at the top ...

Federal Regulatory Guidance Gets Business Continuity Update

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:18:18 -0400

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council updates guidelines for disaster recovery preparedness and looks beyond IT for ensuring business continuity.

- Last week, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released its first update to business continuity regulations for U.S. financial institutions in five years. Made up of representatives from the six major U.S. financial regulatory bodies, the FFIEC provides ...

Business Gets More Control Under Sarbanes Oxley Compliance

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:42:16 -0500

Auditors must tie noncompliance to impact on financial reports. No impact, no violation.

- If you think your enterprise is spending a lot on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, youre not alone. Last year, U.S. businesses spent about $6 billion on SOX, as the federal regulation is commonly known. While SOX spending has leveled off over the past couple of years, analysts say its firmly locked into 2...

Cha-Ching! The First 2007 IT Salary Guide Arrives

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:17:00 -0400

It's going to be a good year to be a software developer, according to the first 2007 IT Salary Guide from Robert Half Technology. - Starting salaries for IT pros are expected to increase an average of 2.8 percent in 2007 over 2006, and more than 4 percent in high-demand areas, according to the 2007 IT Salary Guide from Robert Half Technology, to be released Oct. 24. Larger increases in base compensation are expected in rol...