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Weekend Gadget Watch: Canon PowerShot S90
Photo It's not just elegant, compact and beautifully made - it also combines high-end photographic controls with a straightforward interface, a seriously good lens and image quality that raises the bar for all other camera makers [06 Nov 2009]
Photos: Microsoft sweetens Aero for Windows 7
Photo The new Windows Media Player is the first program to include feature controls in Aero Peek but it's hard to imagine that it'll be the last. Expect many media players, and probably other kinds of programs as well, to... [21 Oct 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - getting inside security
Photo The Action Center provides links to deeper security and maintenance controls, including the revamped troubleshooting tool, backing up data, and system recovery. Windows 7 is to go on general release this week. [20 Oct 2009]
PCI DSS Compliance in the UNIX/Linux Datacenter Environment
White Paper BeyondTrust PowerBroker provides an auditable process that controls, monitors and records that access. This document explains how BeyondTrust PowerBroker supports the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI... [15 Oct 2009]
Privileged Access Lifecycle Management: How PALM Refines Strategy for Enterprise IT
White Paper In this paper, IDC analysts examine the role of identity and access management (IAM) solutions in addressing these needs and specifically looks at the role privileged access lifecycle management (PALM) can play in helping heterogeneous... [15 Oct 2009]
Get Serious About SOA Governance: A Five-Step Action Plan for Architects
White Paper SOA governance provides the ability to quickly and continuously translate and transmit business strategy and requirements into the processes, policies, and controls that will guide the evolution of your infrastructure... [15 Oct 2009]
Cost Effective Security and Compliance with Oracle Database 11g Release 2
White Paper With Oracle Database 11g powerful privileged user and multi-factor access control, data classification, transparent data encryption, auditing, monitoring, and data masking, organizations can deploy reliable data security solutions that... [15 Oct 2009]
Automating IT Configuration Controls With Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Change Console
White Paper Managing your applications top-down from a business perspective allows you to identify business exceptions rapidly, pinpoint root cause issues using drilldowns in the underlying technologies, infrastructure, and remediate the issues... [14 Oct 2009]
Photos: Sony unleashes latest Vaios - from mini laptops to touchscreens
Photo By using the touchscreen controls, users can move between a birds'-eye view and a 3D side view of the landscape. Last week saw Sony unveil its new range of Vaio PCs - launched to coincide with the release of Microsoft's... [14 Oct 2009]
Canada Implements Corporate Governance: Bill 198 and Internal Controls for Technology
White Paper Although Bill 198 (like SOX) does not directly address IT controls, the law has significant IT and information security implications because most companies' financial reporting and operations depend heavily on... [05 Oct 2009]
IT Service Management Metrics Metrics That Matter: Four Key Benchmarks for Improving IT Performance
White Paper High performing organizations have figured out which processes and controls really help them achieve their operational effectiveness and efficiency objectives. They have integrated those processes and... [05 Oct 2009]
Sustaining SOX Compliance: Best Practices to Mitigate Risk, Automate Compliance, and Reduce Costs
White Paper Sections 302, 404 and 409 of SOX, and corresponding SEC Rules and Regulations, have tremendous ramifications for Information Technology (IT) in the areas of control (internal controls), evaluation (governance,... [05 Oct 2009]
Keeping the Promise of Privacy: Protecting Sensitive Data in Healthcare Organizations
White Paper The e-Health initiative is well on its way and currently there is a need for better security controls that limit the ability for this data to fall into the wrong hands. Hospitals and healthcare groups need to plan ahead... [05 Oct 2009]
The Attacker Within: How Hackers Are Targeting Enterprise Networks From the Inside-Out
White Paper As enterprise defenses evolve, so too do the attack vectors leveraged by those seeking to bypass such controls. It is entering an era where attackers are no longer working to punch a hole n the fortress surrounding... [05 Oct 2009]
The Tripwire HIPAA Solution: Meeting the Security Standards Set Forth in Section 164
White Paper The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, was enacted to safeguard Protected Health Information (PHI) by mandating procedures and controls to assure the public that critical and private... [05 Oct 2009]