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US Tax Agency Wants Data on Users from Internet Firms 09 May, 2007 12:20:50
The biggest concern with the proposed legislation is that it could lead to a vast collection of Social Security numbers and other personal data by a lot of different commercial entities on the WebThe Centre for Democracy and Technology (CDT) is sounding an early warning on a proposal in the US president's 2008 budget that would require Internet businesses such as eBay and Amazon.com to collect personal data on their customers and share it with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). - +
Privacy Groups Renew Push Against Real ID Bill 07 May, 2007 11:38:32
The Real ID Act of 2005 was passed as part of a wider effort to combat terrorism. It establishes certain minimum national standards that states must use when issuing drivers' licences and other forms of identification. Under the Act, all state driver's licence databases would be linked, with shared access across them.Privacy advocates are making a last-ditch effort to muster public opposition to the controversial Real ID bill, which proposes to create a national US standard for issuing state drivers' licences and other forms of state-issued identification. - +
E-mail Harvesters Hit with $US1b Antispam Lawsuit 27 April, 2007 12:34:32
The defendants in the case are the "John Does" responsible for e-mail harvesting and spamming.A $US1 billion lawsuit filed Thursday promises to open up a new front in the battle against spam: It targets not just spammers, but - for the first time - also those responsible for harvesting e-mail addresses on behalf of spammers. - +
Groups Raise Concerns about Cybersecurity Standards 27 April, 2007 12:04:04
Companies that don't institute the DHS standards could be sued for negligence after something goes wrong.Legislation that would authorize the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to create emergency preparedness standards for private industry takes the wrong approach toward cybersecurity, experts said. - +
Consumer Data Protection Faces Legal, Tech Hurdles 19 April, 2007 11:54:53
There has been significant debate among lawmakers and members of private industry over the creation of federal legislation that establishes stricter security requirements for companies collecting sensitive consumer data.Lawmakers and technology providers concede that they must create stronger mechanisms to improve protection of electronic consumer records, but claim that members of private industry must aid in the effort if those plans are to succeed. - +
Cybersecurity Group Calls for New Gov't Approaches 12 April, 2007 12:01:33
The Internet Security Alliance (ISA), made up of IT vendors and customers, called on the US government to abandon old regulatory approaches in favor of incentives such as cybersecurity insurance.The US government should explore new incentives for companies to invest in cybersecurity instead of focusing on regulation, a cybersecurity trade group said. - +
Global Standard Needed for Privacy Protection 28 March, 2007 14:27:07
Research undertaken recommends privacy policy should be amended so that it is based on public demand for individual control of personal information.Privacy experts from afar afield as the United Kingdom have met with the Australian government to examine weaknesses in the Australian Privacy Act which is currently under review. - +
Message Therapy 06 October, 2005 09:19:24
Over the next seven years, a company with 20,000 employees will have to save approximately 4.5 billion e-mails, and it must be able to search through them all to find messages relevant to a request for information in a matter of days or hours.The recent wave of regulations require an entirely new approach to storing and searching e-mails. Noncompliance is not an option. - +
How To Dig Out From Under Sarbanes-Oxley 09 August, 2005 15:41:21
Unless CIOs approach the second Sarbanes-Oxley IT audit differently from the first, chances are good that it will take even more time, cost even more money and cause even more pain.Unless CIOs do Sarbanes-Oxley differently this time, it will cost even more money and cause even more pain. Here's how to avoid all (or at least most) of that. - +
Ask the Ethicist 06 June, 2005 10:27:46
As keepers of the systems that ensure compliance, CIOs increasingly face moral challenges. Ethical expert Larry Ponemon answers real-life questions on how to resolve these dilemmas
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CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #78: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires 28 September, 2007 17:34:25
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #77: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part III 21 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part three in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #76: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part II 14 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part two in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #75: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part I 07 September, 2007 07:00:05
Part one in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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Information security governance: Centralized vs. distributed 05 September, 2008 10:15:00
Should security policies, procedures and processes be managed within a central body, or distributed at an individual level? You need to find the middle ground.The management of information risk has become a significant topic for all organizations, small and large alike. But for the large, multi-divisional organization, it poses the additional challenge of determining how to deploy an information security governance program among what are often disparate business units. Should the policies, procedures, and processes that define the program be developed and managed within a central, corporate body? Or perhaps responsibility would be better placed at the individual unit level? Is there a workable middle-ground? - +
DNS error brings Sophos antivirus updates to a halt 05 September, 2008 13:40:00
Optus, Internode and Equinix affected among others.A sporadic Domain Name Server (DNS) error has blocked Sophos anti-virus updates around the world. - +
Ouch! Security pros' worst mistakes 04 September, 2008 08:05:00
We've all done regrettable things on the job, but does any valuable wisdom come of it? Four security pros candidly explain their biggest blunders and what they learned in the processIt was a mistake so bad the person who made it asked that his name and company not be mentioned here. Let's call him Frank. - +
Security ROI: Fact or Fiction? 03 September, 2008 08:32:00
Bruce Schneier says ROI is a big deal in business, but it's a misnomer in security. Make sure your financial calculations are based on good data and sound methodologies.Return on investment, or ROI, is a big deal in business. Any business venture needs to demonstrate a positive return on investment, and a good one at that, in order to be viable. - +
Information Security and the Importance of Context 01 September, 2008 10:00:00
Those entrusted with information security must raise their contextual awarenessWhen the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was first created, it created a sudden need for tens of thousands of screeners. Getting a job as an airport screener was a pretty easy process. It seemed as though if you had a pulse, you were in. Jump forward to 2008 and becoming a screener is a bit harder as the TSA has instituted background checks, has upped the educational requirement to include a high school diploma or GED, and added other significant requirements.
Viva la Verticals! Key to Vendor Growth is Through Vertical Market Opportunities, Says IDC 05 September, 2008 11:05:00
F-Secure delivers fastest protection in the online world 04 September, 2008 16:50:00
Rogue security apps dominate Fortinet's Aug 2008 IT threat report 04 September, 2008 16:00:00
IntraPower Signs Deal with Australia’s Largest Service Station and Convenience Store Network 04 September, 2008 10:07:00
TANDBERG Begins Desktop Videoconferencing Roll-Out at New England Credit Union 03 September, 2008 16:01:00
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