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RSS USThe Evolution of Security Information & Event Management: (and the Technology That Can Take Us There)
White Paper As the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) market has matured, products within the market have lost the ability to quickly respond to threatening situations, and no longer meet the requirement to be a real-time decision... [13 Nov 2009]
Accounting for Employee Benefits Under IFRS: An IFRS Publication
White Paper This paper highlights some of the significant differences between International Accounting Standard (IAS) 19 and US generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP) for post-employment benefits,... [13 Nov 2009]
IT Must Play a Key Role in Adapting to IFRS
White Paper In late November 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released for comment its proposed roadmap of the steps required for conversion from US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US... [13 Nov 2009]
How to Navigate Through the Multi-GAAP Reporting Maze During an IFRS Conversion
White Paper Oftentimes, before a company can embed IFRS as its primary financial reporting standard, it must go through a dual-reporting period during which IFRS and US GAAP financial statements are reconciled. The ability to meet... [13 Nov 2009]
EU Compliance and Regulations for the IT Security Professional
White Paper The growth of compliance requirements over the past few years has sometimes been seen as a US-based phenomenon as regulations are implemented to address various corporate failures and scandals over the past decade or so. [13 Nov 2009]
Using Qualysguard to Meet Sox Compliance & IT Control Objectives
White Paper The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has fundamentally changed the business and regulatory landscape for all companies publically traded in the US. SOX is intended to instill confidence back into the investor community after... [13 Nov 2009]
Inside IFRS: The Opportunity for Energy IT
White Paper Conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) will likely be the largest single change of accounting policies and procedures ever undertaken by US companies. The move to IFRS may compel companies to... [13 Nov 2009]
A Risk-Based Approach to Segregation of Duties: An Executive Primer
White Paper The outpouring of interest in SoD is due, in part, to the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) in the US and other similar control-driven regulations worldwide. Segregation of Duties (SoD) is a hot topic of conversation... [13 Nov 2009]
Doing the Right Thing: How Electronic Age Verification Protects Kids Online
White Paper Adult content magazines are kept out of site behind clerk counters in many stores across the US. As a society, it has established and lives by a set of rules designed to keep merchandise and services intended for adults... [13 Nov 2009]
Opportunities in Adversity: Responding to the Crisis
White Paper Yet the "Credit Crunch" actually started in 2007 and the downturn has been evident in many sectors and countries for sometime - indeed the US economy appears to have already gone into recession by December 2007. [13 Nov 2009]
Network Security Essentials for Your New Small Business
White Paper In fact, the US Department of Labor has warned that 93% of businesses that suffer a significant data loss go out of business within five years. The reason: sloppy data security can take one out of business, fast. [12 Nov 2009]
Understanding Data Location Is Imperative for Data Loss Prevention
White Paper Data Protection and Data Loss Prevention for PII are nothing new in the US. The federal government and over 35 states have enacted legislation to address these critical issues. Both have been discussed by information... [12 Nov 2009]
Always There Support and World Class Infrastructure Made a Winning Combination
White Paper Among the requirements was the need for the data to be hosted in a facility located in the US due to industry regulations. Founded in 1999, Atlantic QMS worked with numerous technology incubators, launching the... [12 Nov 2009]
Future mobiles, Windows 7, iPhone apps and the latest gadgets
Photo Amazon launched its Kindle e-book reader in 100 countries including the UK in October - the first time it's been available outside the US. October saw silicon.com cast its eye over the top iPhone apps for business. [12 Nov 2009]
Financial Transactions and Personal Data Security - Is Your Customers#$# Data Safe?
White Paper In 2007, a major Canadian bank lost a computer backup file that contained individual personal data of 470,000 of its customers.3 In 2008, Statistics Canada confirmed that a theft of completed census questionnaires had occurred.4 And as... [11 Nov 2009]
