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ESG Lab Field Audit: Riverbed Wide-area Data Services - Complimenting Existing LAN and WAN Infrastructure from Cisco

whitepaper This ESG Lab Field Audit documents the success that these Riverbed customers have experienced with a focus on configurations and installation experiences. Many companies have successfully implemented Riverbed WDS solutions within their Cisco networks.

Tags: voip - ip telephony

[15 May 2008]

Telecommunications Leader Safeguards Sensitive Information and Critical Documents

whitepaper An internal audit at Swisscom, the leading Swiss telecommunications enterprise, showed that the company did not effectively safeguard sensitive information and documents from unauthorized use. That risk was not acceptable to Swisscom.

Tags: windows nt - 2000 - 2003

[15 May 2008]

Avoiding the Compliance Trap for Travel and Expenses

whitepaper Organizations weighing Travel and Expenses (T&E) automation should look beyond the value of streamlining the process to solutions that include analytic and reporting features that enforce compliance controls and provide audit evidence while...

Tags: business management

[15 May 2008]

Beijing MTR Enhances Budget Control, Streamlines Accounting Processes

whitepaper The organization wanted to automate accounting, budgeting, asset management, and data collecting processes to maximize efficiency and create clear audit trails. In February 2005, three private sector entities entered into a public-private...

Tags: asset management

[15 May 2008]

Architecting on Demand Solutions, Part 12: Use DB2 Alphablox to Generate Reports for Your Business Processes - Use Historical Data to Provide Insight

whitepaper By integrating DB2 Alphablox with the audit log data written by the process choreographer engine, developers can visualize the statistics and execution metrics of the business processes. This paper explains how to use IBM DB2 Alphablox to generate...

Tags: programming languages

[14 May 2008]

Lessons Learned: Top Reasons for PCI Audit Failure and How to Avoid Them

whitepaper Since Visa mandated the Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP) in June 2001 and MasterCard International introduced its Site Data Protection (SDP) program in June 2004, many merchants, processors, and acquiring banks have been working...

Tags: security standards

[10 May 2008]

The Simple Information Security Audit Process: SISAP

whitepaper The SISAP (Simple Information Security Audit Process) is a dynamic security audit methodology fully compliant with the ISO 17799 and BS 7799.2, and conformant with the ISO 14508 in terms of its functionality guidelines.

Tags: security standards

[07 May 2008]

Synergy in Security: Why a Combined ISO 17799 and OCTAVE Approach Makes Sense

whitepaper An ideal approach would be one that integrates the audit, risk assessment, recommendations and strategy into a single system. The audit and risk assessment would also clearly define the mission critical elements; this makes the prioritization...

Tags: security standards

[07 May 2008]

DB2 Security and PCI Compliance: A Best Practices Guide

whitepaper This paper will review DB2 solutions that are compliant to the requirements for data at rest encryption in the PCI Data Security Standard and are based on a design that also provides separation of duties, audit, and central key management.

Tags: security standards

[06 May 2008]

SCANA Streamlines Development, Cuts Costs With Business Process Management Solution

whitepaper By 2006, the number of EDI transactions had grown too large to manually audit and reconcile. SCANA is a holding company that includes electric and natural gas utilities in the Carolinas and Georgia. Years ago, SCANA deployed Microsoft BizTalk...

Tags: application servers

[02 May 2008]

600 HMRC workers caught snooping

News The government-commissioned Poynter Review of the breach that led to the loss of 25 million personal details after a junior employee posted two CDs to the National Audit Office is expected to be published imminently.

Tags: data loss, hmrc

[01 May 2008]

Butler Group Technical Audit: Sterling Commerce Managed Services

whitepaper Read Butler Group's report about Business-to-Business (B2B) infrastructure solutions that allow trading organizations to interact with each other across a secure network. Long considered as only appropriate for large organizations, such solutions...

Tags: back-office, commerce, managed, trading

[28 Apr 2008]

E.ON powers down to cut carbon and costs

News On conducting a green audit, Middleditch stressed the importance of asking whether the impact of each area can be measured - from a cost and carbon point of view. Although it may sound counter-intuitive, energy giant E.ON has been setting its...

Tags: green, e.on, carbon emissions, travel

[25 Apr 2008]

FSA warns banks to wise up on security

News Following an audit of 39 banks, building societies, insurance companies and financial advisors, the regulatory watchdog called on financial services firms to adopt a more transparent stance towards customers, rather than fearing adverse media...

Tags: fsa, disclosure, bank

[25 Apr 2008]

PCI Security Audit Procedures

whitepaper This paper can be used as guidance by those merchants and service providers who require an onsite review to validate compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard and to create the Report on Compliance.

Tags: security standards

[23 Apr 2008]

ViewWise Supports Audit Trail for Manufacturing Companies

whitepaper Executives come to the realization that their companies need an Electronic Document Management solution from many different angles. Some see Document Management software as the way to resolve overflowing filing cabinets.

Tags: document management, document, management software, management solution

[16 Apr 2008]

Making IT Work: How Often Should I Audit My Network?

whitepaper Before an audit is performed, there are high level concerns that must be addressed. Download this audiocast to understand these concerns and how often an enterprise should conduct a security audit to achieve optimal network security.

Tags: quality of service, audit, network security, achieve

[10 Apr 2008]

Technology Audit: Touchpaper Software Plc - IT Business Management Suite

whitepaper Touchpaper IT Business Management (ITBM) is a comprehensive suite of Infrastructure management modules that can be deployed in a standalone manner or as a fully integrated system. ITBM enables measurement of the IT function against the enterprise's...

Tags: help desk, modules, suite, key performance indicators

[10 Apr 2008]

Consolidate and simplify UNIX system management with TFS UnixControl

whitepaper It is designed to enable an organization to define, enforce and audit a precise security policy. It is also designed to manage the identification and authentication of users, create user groups and roles, establish access control policies, ensure...

Tags: unix, oxley, unix, sarbanes oxley

[10 Apr 2008]

BindView Improves Security, Cuts Costs and Streamlines Auditing Processes for Nation’s Busiest Hospital System

whitepaper As the busiest hospital system in the nation, the 13,000+ employee Florida Hospital needed a smarter, faster IT security audit management solution. The goal: improve network administration and facilitate compliance with federal security and privacy...

Tags: directory services, compliance, privacy, federal

[10 Apr 2008]

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