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MSDN Webcast: Developer's Defense: Application Security Assurance Programs (ASAP) (Level 200)
White Paper The presenter offers best practices for development within an organization's Application Security Assurance Program (ASAP), including an outline for launching an ASAP in one's own enterprise. The presenter of this... [10 Jul 2008]
Generali USA Raises Productivity by Standardizing on IBM Platform
White Paper Generali USA, headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, is the former life reinsurance division of Business Men's Assurance Company (BMA). Not only was the CA-Datacom software difficult to query, integrate... [03 Jul 2008]
Ubuntu founder: 'Upstream' bugs must be quashed
News He said: "Our primary goals should be to ensure that fixes we produce, and information we generate in the QA [quality-assurance] process, make their way upstream, where they will benefit the broadest... [01 Jul 2008]
Software Assurance: An Overview of Current Industry Best Practices
White Paper Software underpins the information infrastructure that governments, critical infrastructure providers and businesses worldwide depend upon for daily operations and business processes. These organizations... [31 May 2008]
Using Automated, Detailed Regulatory Compliance and IT Best Practices Reporting to Achieve and Maintain Compliance With the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard
White Paper When customers use their bankcard at the point of sale, over the Internet, on the phone, or through the mail, they want assurance that their account information is secure. To that end, Visa developed the... [31 May 2008]
Get flexible, keep staff - it works for the OFT
News The organisation uses the GSi Remote Worker Service from Cable & Wireless to ensure it complies with the Communications Electronics Security Group (the information assurance arm of GCHQ) rules on secure... [18 Mar 2008]
Nato beefs up cyber defences
News Nato's Communication and Information Systems Agency is protecting the alliance's network of thousands of computers with Guidance Software's EnCase Information Assurance... [05 Mar 2008]
Tech giants team up for secure software
News The five founding members of the body known as the Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code (SAFECode) - EMC, Juniper Networks, Microsoft, SAP and Symantec - will try to identify and promote best... [24 Oct 2007]
Escape the data management minefield
Comment Lapses in quality assurance and testing can also lead to security breaches. Often a system is fully functioning until a change is made, such as the application of a security patch or integration of a new piece of... [13 Sep 2007]
£1.5bn farm subsidy chaos: "Inept" planning blamed
News Time should be built in to test the IT systems as a whole as well as the individual components within it to obtain adequate assurance that components are fully compatible and deliver the required business process. [06 Sep 2007]
Vista's successor 'due in three years'
News Many business customers pay for Microsoft's software under a licence agreement called Software Assurance. The details were released "as part of our ongoing outreach to enterprise... [23 Jul 2007]
ID management in the security spotlight
News Now we need leadership from government in the identity assurance environment. Accenture gives tokens for accessing certain systems - for example SAP accountancy software - but single sign-on is usually... [30 Apr 2007]
Vista security got helping hand from US gov
News The NSA Information Assurance Directorate reviewed the Windows Vista Security Guide and provided comments that were incorporated in the published version, according to Microsoft. The US Department of... [10 Jan 2007]
RE:Viewing 2006: The year in financial services
News Along with the standard deals - this year coming from the likes of bank Lloyds TSB, global asset manager Schroders and life assurance group Pearl - Capgemini moved into India by buying a local services company Kanbay in... [19 Dec 2006]
Implementing BMC Performance Assurance in a VMware Environment
White Paper With BMC Performance Assurance Suite for Virtual Servers, one can manage the performance of VMware ESX servers. BMC Performance Assurance Suite for Virtual Servers provides the ability to collect VMware... [08 Nov 2006]
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