standards information security
Legal Eye: Who's tracking your online trail?
Comment Move to international standards: The growing need for, but challenges of, creating a global and uniform set of standards relating to websites' use of personal information Until there is... [01 Oct 2008]
Guide to IPsec VPNs
White Paper IPsec is a framework of open standards for ensuring private communications over public networks. It has become the most common network layer security control, typically used to create a Virtual Private... [19 Sep 2008]
Legal Eye: Who's to blame for data loss?
Comment Guidance on establishing the necessary policies and procedures to achieve a good level of security is provided by the ISO 27000 series standards. As a result of this episode the Cabinet Office... [17 Sep 2008]
Scottish gov't enlists data privacy experts
News Scottish finance secretary John Swinney said in the statement: "While I am confident that public bodies are already working to high standards of IT security, we recognise the need to ensure public... [11 Sep 2008]
Regulations Shift Focus on Outbound Email Security: The Impact of HIPAA, PCI, PIIG and Other New Government and Industry Guidelines on Email Security Policies
White Paper Read this paper to learn about the impact of relatively new data protection regulations and standards such as the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) and the Office of Management and... [05 Sep 2008]
Why You Need Email Encryption: Use Case Scenarios
White Paper DSS, GLBA, HIPAA, OMB, PCI, and PIIG are just a few of the standards and regulations that place additional constraints on how data is stored, processed, and transmitted. Adopting best practices for protecting the... [05 Sep 2008]
Computer Security Policy: An Introduction to Computer Security
White Paper These may mix policy, guidelines, standards, and procedures, since they are closely linked. Effective policies ultimately result in the development and implementation of a better computer security... [02 Sep 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Bordering on stupidity
Comment After all, we only have to decide on the global standards for content, format, encryption, transmitters, receivers, scanners and so on, and we are home and dry. From the outset such an ideal has been fraught with... [21 Aug 2008]
UK at risk from repeat of US hack attack?
News Retailers handling up to six million Visa transactions in the UK are not subject to an independent audit to check they are compliant with PCI DSS security standards that can block such hacks. UK shoppers... [06 Aug 2008]
Protecting Web Services With the XML/SOAP Security Gateway
White Paper With a foundation based on open standards and platform-independent technologies, Web Services offer companies the benefits of distributed computing while ensuring greater interoperability between applications. [04 Aug 2008]
Access Over Ethernet: Insecurities in AoE
White Paper ATA over Ethernet (AoE) is an open standards based protocol that allows direct network access to disk drives by client hosts. It is clear that this protocol has been designed with ease and simplicity as its primary... [04 Jul 2008]
Public Safety & Security: Meeting New Expectations and Challenges
White Paper With Cisco, governments can unleash the potential of the network to meet new challenges, new standards and new expectations, supporting the new needs of public safety and security. They must find and... [03 Jul 2008]
Achieving HIPAA Compliance With palmOne Handheld Solutions
White Paper This white paper outlines HIPAA security standards and reviews solutions that incorporate these standards. Mobile solutions can provide healthcare workers with the... [03 Jul 2008]
New NIST Team Tackles High-Level Computer Security Analysis for Federal Agencies
White Paper The Computer Security Expert Assist Team (CSEAT) is a relatively new initiative housed in the Computer Security Division, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of... [03 Jul 2008]
Homeland Security: How Government Can Begin to Bridge the Information Gap
White Paper The Government Interoperability Framework uses the Web services concept and open Internet standards, such as XML and SOAP, to meet the interoperability demands of public jurisdictions. The Framework builds a solid IT... [03 Jul 2008]
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