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Why you must rein in your power users
Comment First, organisations need to understand why the issue is important and what the risks are of not controlling privileged access. In addition to IT systems, privileged users may also have access to intellectual property;... [25 Nov 2009]
Revealed: The apps you'll have on your phone in 2012
News But Gartner warned there are regulatory risks: because of the fast growth of mobile money transfer, regulators in many markets are piling in to investigate the impact on consumer costs, security, fraud and money laundering. [18 Nov 2009]
In Search of a Silver Bullet for Risk Management
White Paper With government funding of the financial services sector in full swing nearly the world over, all eyes are focused on how financial institutions manage their businesses and control their risks. An... [13 Nov 2009]
Strategic Business Risk: Biotechnology 2008
White Paper While internal control requirements have increased the scrutiny of financial risks for most companies in recent years, biotech companies often do not put early enough focus on business and operating risk... [13 Nov 2009]
Access Control Industry Best Practices
White Paper One positive benefit of this is to increase the awareness of the need for a set of "Best Practices" to mitigate the risks of some of these "Theoretical" attacks. Recent questions have been raised about the... [13 Nov 2009]
The Future of Risk Management and Internal Control
White Paper Ernst & Young helps organizations understand all of their business risks - strategic, operational, financial, compliance - align their risk functions and activities to eliminate overlaps and gaps, and develop plans to... [13 Nov 2009]
Resolving the Privilege Management Paradox: Quest Solutions for Strong Access Control
White Paper Many have focused on the risks to sensitive information posed by a seemingly unending wave of data security breaches in the last few years - and justifiably so. Compare this, however, to the impact of exploiting of a... [13 Nov 2009]
Mitigation of SAP Authorization Risks
White Paper Control of these systems is handled by a concept called SAP Authorizations (also referred to as authorizations or authorization objects). SAP ERP systems are the core of many medium and large businesses these days. [13 Nov 2009]
Enterprise Risk Management for Banks
White Paper Not only the bank's, even the various government bodies have recognized the repercussions / impact of not managing the risks effectively in banks and accordingly enacted several regulations to control... [12 Nov 2009]
Backdoors, Malicious Code, and the Ounce Solution
White Paper However, not all the security risks introduced by backdoors are associated with malicious intent. The security risks from backdoors cannot be mitigated by perimeter security measures such as firewalls... [12 Nov 2009]
nCircle: IT Risk Management for the Real World
White Paper Off late technology-dependent business, IT risks can threaten the business itself. EMA) has documented several aspects of this reality - a reality that has led not only to increased compliance demands for more effective... [12 Nov 2009]
Using Skybox Solutions to Achieve PCI Compliance: Achieve Efficient and Effective PCI Compliance by Automating Many Required Controls and Processes
White Paper A company processing, storing, or transmitting credit card numbers must be PCI DSS compliant or it risks losing the ability to process credit card payments. The requirements cover all aspects of information security:... [12 Nov 2009]
Root Access Risk Control for the Enterprise
White Paper Too often, however, these efforts pay far too little heed to the risks posed by poorly controlled access to administrative privilege in IT, which can have a hugely disproportionate impact on the business. [16 Oct 2009]
Improving Efficiency in IT Administration by Implementing Policy Automation
White Paper At the same time, this access exposes an organization to security risks, especially regarding insiders. The right solution will provide centralized visibility into policies as well as actions taken related to privileged... [16 Oct 2009]
Preventing Data Breaches in Privileged Accounts Using Access Control
White Paper This white paper explores insider attacks, threats and risks involved across every enterprise. Week-after week there are disturbing, déjà vu-like stories of significant data breaches, arrests connected to insider... [16 Oct 2009]
