IT Compliance Advisor:

June, 2009

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June 26, 2009  2:14 PM

National data privacy law coming; Big Brother, already here



Posted by: Linda Tucci
CIO, compliance, data privacy, European Union, FTC, HR 2221

Momentum seems to be growing for a federal electronic data privacy law that would pre-empt the 44 state data breach notification laws already on the books and is more in line with European data...

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June 25, 2009  6:51 PM

Add Twitter security to the top information security threats



Posted by: GuyPardon
Facebook, identity theft, Information security, LinkedIn, malware, RSA Conference, Social Enterprise, Social network, Twitter

Last week’s 140 Characters Conference presented dozens of examples of how people are using Twitter creatively, effectively and disruptively. What didn’t get as much attention...


June 23, 2009  7:16 PM

Booz Allen wins Open Enterprise Award for collaborative environment



Posted by: GuyPardon
Booz Allen Hamilton, business, collaborative environment, E20, Enterprise 2.0, European Union, Human resources, Intranet, open enterprise, PeopleSoft, Social Enterprise

Booz Allen Hamilton won the Open Enterprise Award for 2009 at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston today for their innovative internal collaborative environment. The Open Enterprise...


June 23, 2009  11:13 AM

Should data security and privacy laws specify data encryption?



Posted by: SarahCortes
201 CMR 17.00, business, California Data Security and Privacy Law, civil liberties, compliance, consumer protection, Cryptography, data encryption, Data Security, GLB, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA, Information security, IT security, Massachusetts Data Security and Privacy Law, Massachusetts SB 173, Massachusetts Senate, Massachusetts’ Data Privacy Law, MGL 93H, privacy, Privacy Law, Security, SOX, Technology

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June 22, 2009  6:54 PM

Key cyberspace policy issues await incoming cybersecurity czar



Posted by: SarahCortes
CSIS, cybersecurity, cybersecurity awareness, Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, Enrique Salem, Homeland Security Committee, HSC, Melissa Hathaway, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Security Council, NIST, privacy, Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency, Security, SSCI, Symantec, Symantec Government Symposium, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, United States Department of Homeland Security, US-CERT, Washington D.C., White House, White House Cybersecurity Policy Review

Melissa Hathaway [DHS]


June 17, 2009  7:16 PM

Don’t forget business model risk in your risk management strategy



Posted by: Scot Petersen
business model risk, business process automation, CIO, ERP, IT, MIT, podcast, risk management, SOX

The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium on May 20 in Cambridge, Mass., featured several panels on the top issues affecting CIOs. But one panel on governance, risk and compliance afterwards produced the most interesting discussion of the day, for me at least, when I...


June 11, 2009  6:02 PM

Gartner and CA on addressing compliance requirements in cloud computing



Posted by: GuyPardon
Chief information officer, cloud compliance, Cloud computing, Enterprise content management

If you are a CIO, CTO or compliance officer tasked with evaluating a cloud vendor, give Linda Tucci's excellent new SearchCIO.com article a read: "Addressing compliance requirements in cloud computing...

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June 10, 2009  7:59 PM

Regulatory, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance reform is coming



Posted by: Scot Petersen
regulations, regulatory compliance, SEC, SOX

It seems that there is much discontent among our leaders in Washington over the state of regulatory compliance, in particular Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and of risk management in general. SearchCompliance.com Associate Editor Alexander Howard spent a few days in Washington last week and heard from...


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