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The Federal Government's Map of the Clouds November 15, 2011 
The U.S. government's plan to shift major chunks of existing and future information technology programs to cloud-based systems has proven to be easy to say but harder to do. Technical, cultural and financial issues are frequently raised by agency managers as barriers to adopting cloud technology. Various initiatives have been launched to encourage cloud adoption at the federal level.
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Federal IT Management Comes Up Short November 01, 2011 
The inventors of Google began their collaboration in 1996 but did not adopt the brand name until 1997. The BlackBerry mobile device came on the market in 1999. And the Clinger-Cohen Act was enacted by Congress in 1996 for the purpose of improving the way the federal government manages IT. Now, 15 years after Clinger-Cohen, federal agencies are still struggling to meet the objectives of the 1996 legislation.
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What Murdoch Can Teach Us About Corporate Governance September 01, 2011 
At this point, most of us are quite aware of the problems that Rupert Murdoch is having in Great Britain. There has been a seismic shift in the power that Murdoch has over politics and law enforcement in England. Up until a few short months ago, most people in power there were afraid to openly criticize Murdoch for fear of retribution in the press.
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A Standard Is Born August 15, 2011 
The Open Automated Compliance Expert Markup Language is a new standard that helps enterprises automate security compliance across their systems in a consistent and cost-saving manner. O-ACEML helps to achieve compliance with applicable regulations but also achieves major cost savings. From the compliance audit viewpoint, auditors can carry out similarly consistent and more capable audits in less time.
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iCloud's Dark Security Lining July 08, 2011 
Apple's announcement of its upcoming iCloud service has sparked a flurry of excitement in the industry. Some expect the iCloud will help Apple keep customers closer to its bosom -- make them "stickier," in analystspeak. Others think the iCloud will give a boost to cloud computing. The iCloud will automate the backup and storage of data -- music, photos and what-have-you -- and make it easy to set up new iDevices.
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An Annual Checkup for Your Business July 07, 2011 
Most businesses with which I am familiar, especially those of small to medium-size, are so caught up in day-to-day challenges that the only time they take a good look at the health of their business and the timeliness of the filing and payment of certain taxes and levies is when they review their annual statements with their accountants.
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US National IT Security in a Post-Lulz World June 29, 2011 
Between the repeated attacks on the United States government's IT infrastructure by foreign hackers and incursions by LulzSec, a hacker community whose members wandered in and out of government cybersystems before publicly disbanding this week, it's not difficult to conclude that the U.S.'s federal IT infrastructure is the cybersecurity equivalent of Swiss cheese.
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PCI DSS Compliance: Failure Is Not an Option June 25, 2011 
The average American credit cardholder carries 3.5 credit cards, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's 2010 Survey of Consumer Payment Choice. Today, consumers use credit cards to pay for more than just large-ticket items. Everything from household items and utilities to insurance premiums and student loans are tallying up charges on the average monthly statement.
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IBM Aims to Bring Social Media Into Compliance June 21, 2011 
IBM is promising to deliver a solution that will enable companies to include information from social media platforms in their regulatory compliance reports. Compliance capability is "fundamental to reducing a barrier that many companies have encountered as they look more closely at using social media for business process integration," said Alistair Rennie, IBM's general manager of collaboration solutions.
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Breaches Everywhere: 5 Ways to Soften the Blow When It Happens to You June 21, 2011 
Is it just me, or does it seem like every day there's another breach to worry about? RSA, Epsilon, Sony, now Citibank -- it seems like a day doesn't go by where there isn't another high-profile breach in the news. It seems like everyone's getting hacked, and it seems like it's happening with increasing regularity.
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PCI Compliance: Offense Is the Best Defense June 14, 2011 
Even established e-commerce companies find that the right hosting partner can make a difference by performing a gap assessment that addresses specific requirements for application, network, physical and database compliance. Custom vulnerability scripts and software that ensures application, network, physical and database compliance are among some of the services provided hosting partners.
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Who Watches the Watchmen, Part 2: Uncle Sam, Are You Naked? June 02, 2011 
The United States federal government last month released the country's first comprehensive international strategy for cyberspace. This lays out President Barack Obama's vision for the future of the Internet and outlines how the U.S. will partner with other countries to achieve that vision.
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NSTIC: Pretty in Theory, Problematic in Practice May 28, 2011 
The official vision of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace is a government-coordinated, private-sector initiative to increase the security of the Internet. In their words: "Individuals and organizations utilize secure, efficient, easy-to-use, and interoperable identity solutions to access online services in a manner that promotes confidence, privacy, choice and innovation."
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How Mobile Gadgets Can Tear a Hole in Breach Disclosures May 17, 2011 
Take a moment to visualize a physician traveling home in a cab from a long day. Stuck in traffic, our hypothetical physician sees this as the perfect time to catch up on email and or to do non-care-related administrative tasks. At the end of the cab ride, he or she puts the phone down to pay the driver. Being tired, the doctor accidentally walk away from the cab, leaving the phone on the seat.
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Why Cloud Computing Changes the Game for HIPAA Security April 19, 2011 
Information security pros working in the healthcare sector quite often experience a high degree of frustration and anxiety when it comes to the Security Rule's "addressable" implementation specifications. As any healthcare provider will tell you, the addressable requirements of the security rule tend to be among the more difficult to meet and more technically focused of the mandates with the Security Rule.
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Which Cloud Should Be in My 10-Day Forecast? April 06, 2011 
For the past two years, media and vendors alike have proclaimed the cloud to be the next wave of IT -- promising to change computing as we know it. The reactions of many IT veterans who have lived through similar marketing barrages in the past have ranged from a cautious wait-and-see attitude to out-and-out skepticism. We've now reached a point where cloud success stories have steadily begun to appear.
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