The Never-Ending ChoicePoint Story
Is the record-breaking $15 million settlement between the Federal Trade Commission and ChoicePoint just a shot in the dark?
How to Learn to Love Sarbanes-Oxley
Embracing new Sarbanes-Oxley requirements can provide benefits to your security program and your business.
SAS 70
SAS 70, the auditing standard, is finding its way onto CSOs' desks. Used correctly, it's a nice start on verifying business partners' security controls. Unfortunately, some people aren't using it correctly.
Compliance? Whats That?
The majority of information security executives range from ambivalent (at best) to downright dismissive (at worst) about the intentions, effect and pertinence of security regulations.
Here Come the Auditors: Judgment Calls
Regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley are sending auditors to the pencil sharpener. CSOs must learn to cooperate and share expertise, without getting too close to these empowered examiners.
The Long Arm of the Law
If you don't take care of your website security, the courts might do it for you
Security at the Four Corners
When security is a global undertaking, CSOs are subject to the murky legal requirements of multiple jurisdictions at once.
Sarbanes, Oxley and You
Fiona Williams, who is responsible for Deloitte & Touche's security services practice for North America, answers readers' questions about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
California SB 1386: For the Love of Privacy
Case in point: SB 1386, which grew out of the high-profile theft of personal information from California state employees.
The Highs (and Lows) of the CSO
It's not an easy trek, becoming a security manager. But of all the possible security executive jobs out there, none is probably as challenging as the public-sector job. The government CSO most likely has climbed his career mountain without a Sherpa or a harness to catch him if he falls.
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Maximizing Site Visitor Trust Using Extended Validation SSL
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