best practice
Why you must rein in your power users
Comment Despite all this, recent Quocirca research, which involved interviews with 270 IT managers from across Europe, shows that despite claiming to adhere to certain standards, many organisations still allow bad practice when... [25 Nov 2009]
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Using Server Isolation and Encryption as an IT Compliance Best Practice
White Paper This paper addresses the challenges of IT compliance requirements driven by legislation such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) and how the best response is to take a broad risk-based approach that builds on a base... [13 Nov 2009]
Achieving a Best-Practice Service Desk From Desktop to Data Center
White Paper IT service management (ITSM) and the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) process framework were envisioned to help organizations align IT capabilities with business requirements and provide a systematic approach to planning, developing,... [13 Nov 2009]
TOGAF 9 and ITIL V3
White Paper Best practice models are based on the experience of day-to-day users and therefore they support their needs. In a way they change from descriptions of best practice to... [13 Nov 2009]
Strategic Business Risk: Media and Entertainment
White Paper In both cases, there are externally determined rides and frameworks with which companies in media and entertainment need to comply and emerging best practice guidance on processes and controls that can... [13 Nov 2009]
Best Practices for the Use of RF-Enabled Technology in Identity Management
White Paper With the current debate and concern about technology implementation for identity management, the Smart Card Alliance advocates these best practice guidelines for use of Radio Frequency (RF)-enabled... [12 Nov 2009]
Best Practices in Using Reputation-Based Anti-Spam Services for Email Security
White Paper IP reputation services have become a best practice for any anti-spam gateway. This white paper discusses the origins of IP reputation services; test results on Cisco IronPort's own reputation service,... [12 Nov 2009]
Achieve ITIL Standards and Superior Application Lifecycle Management With a CMDB
White Paper A wildly popular framework for achieving this visibility is the IT Infrastructure Library, or ITIL - the de facto standard for best practice in the provision of IT service. While always an important part... [12 Nov 2009]
The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS) V1.2 Requirements: Using Server Isolation and Encryption as a Regulatory Compliance Solution and IT Best Practice
White Paper As this paper suggests, the best response is to take a risk-based approach that builds on a base of server isolation and end-to-end encryption to meet both existing requirements and expected changes to PCI DSS. [11 Nov 2009]
Applied Application Security - Positive & Negative Efficiency
White Paper That is why, as a matter of best practice, every security solution should support a weighted balance of both the positive and negative methodologies. In the strictest sense of the term, negative security... [11 Nov 2009]
The Bluelight Network: Security Awareness and Business Development - Knowledge Sharing and Coopetition in Practice
White Paper The field of interest incorporates creation of new businesses, establishing joint ventures, building and sharing knowledge, development of tools and best practices, promotion of education and research, and assisting the... [11 Nov 2009]
Best-Practice Automation of Invoice Delivery from ERP Systems: Keeping Customers Satisfied, While Making the Move
White Paper Learn best practices for delivery of invoices directly from ERP or legacy applications, with technology to: Read this white paper and find out how you can gain the efficiencies of electronic invoicing without any adverse... [27 Oct 2009]
Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
News Unlike workers in the US, employees in the UK do have an expectation of privacy in the workplace, and if you fail to follow best practice you could find your organisation on the wrong side of the law:... [22 Oct 2009]
Outsourcing - how to make sure it's reliable
Comment The implications of failing a test and the costs of rework are best to be formulated in advance so commercial considerations do not derail progress. An emerging practice of collaborative 'plug testing'... [19 Oct 2009]
Picis Transforms Healthcare Processes with Business Intelligence from Business Objects
White Paper Find out how Picis incorporated business intelligence (BI) reporting and analysis technology from SAP BusinessObjects in the development of the Picis CareSuite family of products, comprising best... [16 Oct 2009]