controls in comment and analysis
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Secure remote access closes in
Comment This development allows software agents to be pushed over communications lines to end users without the need for manual intervention and preventing any tampering with security controls. Authentication and access controls, backed up by provision of... [25 Jul 2008]
Time to green-light sustainable IT
Comment This approach can drive other initiatives, such as establishing better controls over data storage and driving up server utilisation levels so that equipment is exploited to the fullest possible extent. [17 Jul 2008]
The Naked CIO: Enemies of the state
Comment After all, controls and security are very real concerns of the modern technology age and cannot be dismissed lightly. The bureaucratic bog created by politicians is only part of the problem for IT in this country. [14 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.05.08
Round-Up They predicted that the ability to use touch to give users fingertip control of their screens could help revolutionise how computer desktops and mobile phones are controlled and would be an alternative to existing mouse, keyboard and pen-based... [30 May 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Tighten content security
Comment With most business users having spam controls in place, the email security vendors have found new business harder to acquire and have been limited to attracting competitors' customers rather than finding green-field opportunities. [02 May 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Print issues in black and white
Comment Who controls printing and imaging? Managed print services control all or some of the print environment and optimise a mixture of printing and imaging equipment, efficient network controls and improved workflows. [22 Apr 2008]
Are rogue traders an inevitable evil?
Comment So it's inevitable that individuals see the circumvention of established controls as fair game to beat the markets and make their bonuses. Often, a lack of process is not at the root of the banking scandals but the failure of organisations to... [15 Apr 2008]
Vendors hype up compliance fears
Comment That's something that might give the DPA as much impetus as section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which covers internal controls supporting financial reporting. Compliance. The word strikes fear into the heart of even the hardened executive. [08 Apr 2008]
What governance can really mean to business
Comment But now that entire businesses can live or die by having or lacking the right controls to capture and exploit information, the original premise of BI suddenly looks inadequate for the needs of modern businesses. [28 Mar 2008]
Box-tickers risk serious data breaches
Comment In terms of the technical controls - the procedures to be followed by staff - the material in its sister standard ISO 27002 has much more detail on nitty-gritty stuff," Cole says. However, as an abstract document detailing the nature of management... [28 Mar 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The one-box generation
Comment I'd put my money on human stupidity taking over and a PC viewer witch-hunt being declared, along with ISP controls to stop it all and preserve the sacred cow of old. When I was a child there was no television. [26 Mar 2008]
ID tech tightens up compliance
Comment This technology lets organisations demonstrate that effective controls have been placed on who can access valuable assets, enabling them to prove they are protecting their data and meeting the compliance mandates imposed on them. [18 Mar 2008]
What price compliance?
Comment The assessment will form the basis of a company's strategy and plan for investing in technology - for example, in automated controls for managing information produced within an organisation to achieve goals of privacy and operational transparency... [07 Jan 2008]
Tech Visions: New media is IT's next frontier
Comment Surfing controls to see who's watching football or doing their Christmas shopping on company time. Experts argue new media will spell the demise of the IT professional. Not true, says Silicon Valley-based Howard Greenfield. [29 Nov 2007]
The Brampton Factor: Chinese whispers
Comment That surely has to be, like the Mattel case, at least as much a matter of the specification of quality controls as an issue about manufacturing. Even though I remain very attached to freedom from censorship, I have to admit some controls have appeal. [25 Oct 2007]
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