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Making Gramm Leach Bliley Security Compliance Fast and Easy

whitepaper This white paper helps to make sense of the Act's requirements which assures consumers of the confidentiality and privacy of information that is electronically collected, maintained, used, or transmitted.

Tags: data recovery / security, act, financial services, privacy

[10 Apr 2008]

Sarbanes-Oxley: Disclosure and Confidentiality

whitepaper Michael Oxley placed their names on a landmark piece of U.S.legislation that became law in July 2002. Few people could identify them, the senior U.S. Democratic senator from Maryland and the Republican U.S.

Tags: sarbanes-oxley, oxley, act, sarbanes

[10 Apr 2008]

Legal Eye: Is encryption really the silver bullet?

Comment In particular, the Companies Act places a direct obligation on directors to ensure the confidentiality of data. The success of data encryption in preserving the confidentiality of information was demonstrated recently by the discovery of a...

Tags: data protection, companies act, encryption, security

[27 Mar 2008]

The Value of Enterprise SSO to HIPAA Compliance

whitepaper Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, among the law’s many provisions was the establishment of formal regulations designed to protect the confidentiality and security of patient information.

Tags: infrastructure management, comply, healthcare, regulations

[12 Dec 2007]

Security breach cover-up: Non-disclosure foolish, says expert

News The organisation would never be in a position to know what the ramifications are to the customers of the breach of confidentiality and if they chose to hide it they may further compromise the customer in ways that they could not anticipate.

Tags: security breach, breach

[05 May 2006]

Analysis: Protecting yourself from an inside job

Comment In addition, nine per cent of large companies had experienced a breach of confidentiality through wrong information being emailed out or being copied on to a USB memory device. And by downloading and circulating porn, they can put themselves and...

Tags: id management

[19 Apr 2006]

Data negligence suit thrown out of court

News The 1999 law requires financial service companies "to protect the security and confidentiality of customers' non-public personal information". Judge Kyle disagreed, saying the house was in a relatively low-crime neighbourhood and that the law does...

Tags: glb, data breach, breach

[15 Feb 2006]

Legal worries add to IT bosses' burden

News He attributes this change to the increasing number of regulations businesses must comply with, which include requirements such as storing data for years and ensuring its confidentiality. IT managers can be put in jail for breaking the law [if data...

Tags: networks

[13 Feb 2006]

Banks plan to share cardholder data

News He said: "I think there may be confidentiality issues. Clive Davies, a partner at technology law firm Olswang, said there could be some sticking points in the plan. Four major credit card issuers are planning to share cardholder information with...

Tags: debt, credit cards

[02 Dec 2005]

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Privacy Requirements Not Only Applicable to Banks

whitepaper Compliance with the Act may impose significant operational, programming and monitoring costs for organizations that historically have not been subject to customer confidentiality limitations. On November 12, 1999, President Clinton signed into law...

Tags: act, banking, rights, limitations

[29 Sep 2005]

Indian call centre hit by ID breach claims

News It added that it would work with authorities in Australia and India to nab the culprits: "Indian IT companies undertaking work for global companies contractually comply with all the requirements of the relevant privacy and data protection laws of...

Tags: id breach, indian, breach, leak

[17 Aug 2005]

HIPAA Insurance Products

whitepaper HIPAA includes privacy regulations aimed at improving the confidentiality and security of electronic health information. The law contained several provisions for administrative simplification of healthcare transactions through the increased use of...

Tags: hipaa, electronic, healthcare, health

[02 Aug 2005]

HIPAA: Remote Access Compliancy

whitepaper Specifically, the paper discusses vulnerabilities associated with remote control software and provides a solution for secure remote access over a HIPAA compliant network infrastructure; designed to preserve the confidentiality of patient records.

Tags: network security, healthcare, hipaa, healthcare industry

[08 Jun 2005]

ID Cards on Trial: A new silicon.com campaign

News And the set-up costs for the IT infrastructure are being kept secret due to "commercial confidentiality" while the Home Office is in discussion with IT suppliers. Concerns have been raised by a wide range of bodies such as the British Medical...

[06 Jun 2005]

Criminal IT: The crime you can still get away with

Comment And second, a hacker can copy a file without depriving the owner of it: they still have their copy but have somehow lost the confidentiality of it. While the law is quickly catching up with computer crimes, there is still one offence police can't...

Tags: computer misuse act, computer crime, police, denial of service

[28 Apr 2005]

Online journos fight Apple with First Amendment

News This information could have been obtained only through a breach of an Apple confidentiality agreement," the computer maker argued in court documents at the time. The brief was prepared by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and two local law firms.

[15 Feb 2005]

UK courts get Wi-Fi hotspots

UK courts get Wi-Fi hotspots

News Janet Paraskeva, CEO of the Law Society, said the facilities will be popular with solicitors but only if confidentiality and security is guaranteed for each user. Wi-Fi hotspots are to be installed in some UK courts as part of a three-year pilot...

[17 Jun 2004]

5 years ago… Microsoft accused of stealing user information

5 years ago… Microsoft accused of stealing user information

News We take confidentiality very, very seriously indeed. There are privacy laws dotted all over the place and with the current situation it would be very silly of us to [openly flout the law]. 08.03.99: Microsoft has admitted there is a security flaw...

[08 Mar 2004]

Security Best Practices for the California Breach Law (Senate Bill No.1386)

whitepaper Safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of customer information is no longer just a best practice for organizations that have customers who live in California. It's a legal requirement.

Tags: best practices, california, bill, streamline

[01 Mar 2004]

RSA SecurID Technology Protects Confidentiality and Provides Authenticated Remote Access for National Law Firm

whitepaper Hale and Dorr is a leading national law firm. Hale and Dorr required a strong, flexible solution that was easy to use, easy to implement and provided consistent protection over time. That solution was RSA SecurID authentication.

Tags: security applications

[24 Feb 2004]

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