compliance

The annual Davos, Switzerland summit gets underway this week. Here are five technology topics that should be on the agenda, but are nowhere to be found.

During a week seemingly filled with firsts (including my first post to this blog) and historical significance, a footnote to the inauguration is being billed as "THE BIGGEST BREACH EVER!" As the Heartland Payment Systems breach is making headlines and tearing up the blogs (read the notice here and analysis here: Heartland data breach could be bigger than TJX's ), I am left with the realization that despite the

If you are compliant, does your risk equal zero?

In response to a comment - can the cloud ever provide you with enough security? I anticipate it will eventually have more security, and more in other capabilities, than any infrastructure you've built for yourself today.

One security researcher thinks by complying with some security regulations companies may actually be putting their data at greater risk.

Today, CA is releasing an upgrade to its governance, risk and compliance software.

Are you looking for a solution to your security problem? If so, try looking at the whole picture rather than a particular technology.

What happens when you stop securing your network at the level of compliance to a regulation? Ask Hannaford. And that is why I wanted to pull my hair out (if I had any) when I met with a client today doing the same thing.

According to a new survey, over half of U.S. government employees (53%) believe that national security is more important than an individual's personal privacy. I wonder if they thought someone was looking over their shoulders when they gave their responses. Just kidding. The respondents to Quest Software's survey weren't from military departments, but from civilian agencies in the government. Another 33.8% thought personal privacy deserves a higher priority over national security.

Poor business results piled on top of recession fears are starting to impact corporate purchase decisions. Here are a few economy-oriented things to keep in mind for security vendors working on messages for 2008.

Once the bane of all CIOs, IT departments seem to be getting Sarbanes-Oxley compliance monitoring under control.