A Guide to Finding, Removing and Preventing Online Pests
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Creating a PHP-Based Content Management System
Creating a PHP-Based Content Management System
For six months in 2004, Intranet Journal's Peter Zeidman published a tutorial on using the PHP programming language to build a content management system (CMS).
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New e-commerce security requirements are vague enough to leave everyone wondering what to do
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Nielsen Picks Best Intranets, Big and Small Usability expert Jakob Nielsen names the 10 best intranets in the world, ranging from sites that serve 200 employees up to mammoth sites like Bank of America's and IKEA's.
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Linux Providers Hit With IP Suit
The first patent suit filed against Linux has hit the courts, with a patent holder taking aim at enterprise Linux vendors Red Hat and Novell.
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Combing Compliance, Controls and ERP
Don't separate your ERP implementation from your compliance program, writes CIO Update guest columnist Kenneth Gabriel of KPMG LLP.
Combing Compliance, Controls and ERP
Don't separate your ERP implementation from your compliance program, writes CIO Update guest columnist Kenneth Gabriel of KPMG LLP.
IT, Security and the Legalese of Compliance
You work in IT, not at a law firm. Nonetheless, techies are starting to get caught between securing their organizations and regulatory compliance requirements.
Briefs: ISYS Lauded, Open Text Humming Along
ISYS Search Software makes the Software 500 list and announces new OEM deals, while Open Text incorporates more compliance features.
The Real Source of SOX Woes
Fraud and other malicious activities get a lot of press and management
attention, but there's a far greater risk to the integrity of financial
reporting.
Compliance Threatened by Archiving Failures
A study shows that many IT managers are not archiving data properly, which could mean they are failing to meet compliance regulations. And that could be costly to the businesses.
Experts Question 'Keep Everything' Philosophy
The storage industry viewpoint has been that the easiest way to comply with current regulations is to buy more storage and hang onto everything until the end of time. While it's definitely easier, it doesn't make good business sense.
Moving Toward Internet Compliance
Everything you ever wanted to know about developing a compliant Web site is spelled out by Tony Rundella of Delta Corporate Services.
10 Tips for Managing 404 Compliance
Even private companies may have to comply with secton 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley, writes CIO Update guest columnist Diane Wolff of The Blue Sage Group.
Making Compliance Worth the Pain
Regulatory compliance is a great opportunity to improve your business from top to bottom, writes Sumner Blount of Computer Associates.
Can Data Ever Be Deleted?
Analysts say the answer is no, but some companies admit to taking steps to ease the regulatory compliance burden.
Work Remains for Sarbox Compliance
Now that companies are past the first year of compliance with the financial control rules, how did they grade themselves?
Something to Watch Over Your Intranet
Software to monitor Web sites and intranets for broken links and poor performance is nothing new, but Watchfire's new Intranet Standards module for its WebXM product monitors your intranet for compliance and privacy problems and much more.
SOX: Myth and Reality
Millions of dollars, thousands of hours, and hundreds of accountants with overheated calculators — that's the cost of preparing for Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) audits.
Change Management in the Sarbanes Crosshairs
There is no question that Sarbanes-Oxley is having a dramatic effect on IT today and one of the areas most affected is change management.
HIPAA and SOX: What You Need To Know
Henry Newman examines the storage issues you need to consider to comply with
regulations such as HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley..
Factoring in Compliance
Internal compliance initiatives must constantly trade off the need to
balance risks with the needs of the business to achieve a proper balance.
Compliance: What Lies Ahead
Just as high-profile accounting scandals and stiff fines for missing e-mails brought these requirements home to IT professionals, the current buzz over identity theft and misplaced consumer data is likely to make data security a growing concern among regulators and storage professionals in industries that collect consumer data.
SOX and CIO Accountability
Who's guarding the chickens? It may be that the fox is already in the hen-house writes CIO Update guest columnist Walter Scott of Imceda Software.
HIPAA Deadline Boosts Healthcare Data Practices
In the second part of our series on compliance and storage issues, we look
at the effect that a looming rule mandating electronic records security is
having on healthcare providers.
The High Cost of Compliance
Meeting Sarbanes-Oxley deadlines and requirements is costing companies plenty and causing a spike in IT hiring.
SOX Just Might Be Worth It
As government mandates go, Sarbanes-Oxley is about as onerous and burdensome as they get, but it just might be worth it.
Compliance and the Corporate Network
Taking a step back and examining the network can give the best perspective on your SOX initiatives, writes CIO Update guest columnist James DeMin of BT Infonet.
Consolidating Compliance
Putting all your eggs in one basket is often considered a strategy for failure, but when it comes to compliance, it make sense, write CIO Update columnists Mary Ann Davidson and Harald P.F. Collet of Oracle.
Tech Heavies Throw Weight Into Compliance
HP, Oracle and others want to build a cross-industry, global framework for companies looking to get a handle on government compliance regulations.
Sarbanes-Oxley: Driving the Storage Compliance Boom
No government or agency regulation has refocused the energies of IT administrators and storage professionals like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Broad in its reach, short on implementation specifics, and bristling with teeth, the act has sent IT departments scrambling to get a handle on the compliant storage of business data almost from its enactment in 2002.
Sun ID Software Takes to the Audit Trail
Recognizing that compliance is a major concern of many enterprises, Sun Microsystems has created a beta of an identity management software package that lets customers create an identity audit trail.
Sun Solution Manages Compliance
Acknowledging that compliance management software is a multi-billion-dollar opportunity for vendors, Sun Microsystems unveiled a package designed to help enterprises address regulations, such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA.
Automating SOX Compliance
Sarbanes-Oxley compliance is going to take more than a Excel spreadsheet and time is running out, writes CIO Update guest columnist Bill Fine of newScale.
SOX Compliance in Doubt for Many
As many as 25% of companies will fail to meet Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) regulations. However, the repercussions of noncompliance won't be clear until the first wave of test cases hit the courts.
SOX Deadline Arrives
After months of preparation and trepidation, Sarbanes-Oxley arrives for U.S. publicly traded companies.
Planning Out Your Compliance Moves
Without a doubt, companies are spending terrific sums of money to gain compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOx). What's the best way to deal with all of this?
IBM Spruces Up Compliance
Taking advantage of compliance regulations to pursue new revenue streams, IBM said it has created a new storage device and software packages to make it easier for businesses to meet record retention policies.
Creating a Compliance Management Culture
Now is the time for CIOs and IT administrators to get ready to deal with the oncoming flood of regulations that are washing their way. Creating processes and architectures will make it easier to deal with.
Wireless Compliance
Wireless access leads to increased productivity but, given the demands of compliance, CIOs must lead the way in ensuring security.
Zantaz to Buy Litigation Software Vendor
E-mail archiving specialist Zantaz moved to add litigation support software and bolster its compliance and discovery management services when it agreed to acquire privately held Steelpoint Technologies for an undisclosed sum.
ID Management Helps with Regulatory Compliance
A survey by identity management software vendor Courion Corp. found that customers addressing compliance issues surrounding Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, HIPAA, and other federal regulations plan to use ID management software to help them comply.
Supporting Compliance with BPM
BPM solutions are a great way to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, writes CIO Update guest columnist, Mike Malwitz, senior product marketing manager for Hyperion Solutions.
Orchestria Strikes Up New Compliance Features
The provider of real-time monitoring software extends its Active Policy Management product with the capability to function at both the server and desktop level, expands support for instant messaging.
Making the Most of SOX
Even though it's all about the numbers, Sarbanes-Oxley is a great excuse to finally automate your channel relationships, writes CIO Update guest columnist, Nancy Koenig, vice president of Product Operations for Click Commerce.
EMC Aiming For 'Proven' Compliance
EMC unveiled EMC Proven Solutions for e-mail and content archiving and retrieval. Also in its update: new data management functionality for its Centera platform, as well as new services for data classification, all geared to addressing compliance regulations.
Pack-Rats by Law: A Message Archiving Primer
With the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, messaging archives have gone from a voluntary tic among pack-rat users to a regulatory necessity. Here's how to crate up the correspondence without overloading your LAN.
Deadline Looms But Companies Not Ready
As the deadline for Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance looms, many companies are not ready. But execs are confident they will meet the deadline.
Does CIO Stand for 'Compliance Information Officer'?
CIOs are spending an ever-increasing amount of time dealing with regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB), which all have provisions dealing with the privacy, security, integrity and accountability of financial, health and other business records and information.
Connected Delivers E-Mail Archiving
Connected Corp. has unveiled the first product from its acquisition of Archive-it, an e-mail archiving firm. Connected ArchiveStore/EM 3.0 is a "new and substantially enhanced release" based on Archive-it's MailStore 2.1.
IT Auditors Seek SOX Guidance
The biggest challenge in meeting the deadline for documenting internal IT controls as required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is lack of clarity regarding which controls should be documented and the best ways to do it.
Four Heavyweights Band Together
FileNet, BearingPoint, Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems come together to deliver compliance management solutions.
IBM Targets Regulatory Compliance
To support enterprises who struggle to comply with the maze of government regulations for record-keeping, IBM has rolled out three new software products to help track and manage internal e-mails and instant messaging conversations.
NetSec Adds FISMA Reporting Compliance Service
Managed security service provider NetSec has announced a new compliance reporting and tracking service aimed at helping government agencies meet the requirements of the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002.
Regulatory Compliance Putting ROI on Back Burner
While compliance and security implementations are 'must-haves' for public-company CIOs, those efforts rarely return any measurable ROI. There is a silver lining, however, but it has little to do with the bottom line.
Xacta Improves Compliance Reporting Software
Xacta Corp. has released the Service Pack 2 upgrade to its Xacta Web C&A (for Certification and Accreditation) and Xacta Commerce Trust security risk management products, directed at the government and commercial sectors respectively.
Compliance Is Not an Option, But Storage Media Is
Storage is at the heart of corporate compliance, with the hunt on for hardware and software that will keep records safe and secure years into the future. The latest products enable quick retrieval and impeccable accuracy, but even old school technologies like microfilm want a piece of the action.
Sarbanes-Oxley Impact on Security in Software
Expect to hear more systems and software requirements that are tied to government regulations as compliance deadlines approach. It is important not to get lost in the details when it comes to regulatory compliance. IT and security are key enablers for most of these new laws from a technical perspective.
ISO 17799 for SOX Requires Security, Mindset Changes
For companies struggling with SOX compliance, the ISO 17799 security standard can point the way with a set of best-practices, but the road may be an expensive one to travel.
'Compliance' Apps: Real Solutions or Oversold Tools?
The hype surrounding Sarbanes-Oxley compliance applications can make the solutions appear to be all you need, but no application can make up for poor governance or sloppy financials.
Small Companies Need to Act on HIPAA Rules
The ITSPA is urging small businesses to 'get hip' about HIPAA medical privacy regulations that go into effect in April. Challenges remain for small businesses seeking to comply with the new rules.
IBM Offers Compliance in a Box
IBM's TotalStorage Data Retention 450, which houses storage, software and server components, was designed specifically to provide life-long data retention in a single cabinet.
E-Mail Management Emerging as Critical Corporate Need
With a majority of business users relying on e-mail more than the telephone for business communications, it's no longer enough to filter out spam and viruses and remind users to delete old messages. E-mail must be archived, organized and searchable.
Trust, Mistrust and Consumer Information
Recent Harris Interactive surveys reveal that most customers still do not trust companies to handle their personal information responsibly. Reflecting consumer mistrust, several governmental regulations have emerged to legislate security and build consumer trust.
Survey Reveals Companies Ignoring IT in SOX Efforts
Despite the clear need for IT to play a major role in helping companies achieve Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance, nearly half of all surveyed companies still do not have IT representation on critical steering committees.
New Storage Sector Rises From Regs
Lawmakers responded to the rash of corporate scandals with regulations including Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC 17A-4 and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Several measures require that companies save data for decades or risk fines.
SOX Compliance and ITSM
No matter how you slice it, complying with Sarbanes-Oxley is not going to be easy. Some estimates put compliance work at large corporations in the 10s-of-1000s of hours, but there are ways to make the job easier. One of those is through the adoption of IT service management (ITSM).
Storage Management: The Compliance Effect, Part 1
Good news for storage managers has arrived in the form of new data retention laws handed down by the federal government. The bad news for storage managers, however, are those same data retention laws handed down by the federal government.
Regulatory Compliance Will Have Heavy Impact on IT
Compliance with new federal regulations that address security, privacy, and corporate accountability will have a broad impact on IT operations at many organizations.
Storage Management: The Compliance Effect, Part 2
With the onset of the data retention requirements recently handed down by the federal government, storage industry professionals are taking the first steps in a rather daunting process of significantly changing how information is managed and retained.
Big Blue Asks: Do You Comply?
IBM now offers a number of products and services targeted at helping corporate customers manage their data in accordance with federal regulations from such bodies as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Corporate Compliance Q&A with Documentum's Christopher Sprague
Christopher Sprague leads Documentum's Corporate Governance and Compliance solutions initiative. His current focus is on reducing the time, cost, and risk associated with a variety of mandates put in place to deal with widespread corporate malfeasance.
Rescuing the World from Compliance Nightmares
Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and all other existing and future regulatory demands has been a hot topic among hardware and software companies from all corners of the industry, because software (if you listen to software companies) is the key to being in compliance.
The Importance of System Change Controls
The need for effective change management is driven by two factors -- compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 as well as the need to drive towards operational excellence.
NASD: Yes, Securities Firms Need to Retain IM
The National Association of Securities Dealers has decided that it's time to ensure that financial services firms are saving and storing their instant messaging conversations.
Study: Compliance Bodes Well for Storage Industry
A research firm specializing in covering the data storage industry says there are definite upsides to all of the red tape and heightened concerns behind accounting and other regulations in the market — about $6 billion worth of upsides.
Pressures Necessitating Project Management
There are many factors placing pressure on organizations today. Two of the most visible are the evolving Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the need to clearly create value.
EMC Releases Records Retention Storage System
When Enron was found to have shredded incriminating documents, it touched off an avalanche of concern for increased records retention, and with that concern, created opportunities for storage-oriented firms to release new products that address the issue.
HIPAA 101
The goal of HIPAA is to ensure that healthcare providers secure electronic records about patients in the same manner that hardcopy records are secured. By securing records, the healthcare industry can improve their level of services since improved security will lead to greater adoption of electronic transactions.
E-Mail: A Company's Forensic Nightmare
Despite the recent headlines, few companies appear to have their electronic documents under control. And this is regardless of the fact that within four years there will be 60 billion daily worldwide e-mail messages exchanged.
FaceTime's IM Auditor Helps with Compliance
Enterprise instant-messaging (IM) applications provider FaceTime Communications said the new version of its IM Auditor software is the only IM network-independent software that helps financial-services firms meet requirements from Uncle Sam in regards to recording communications.
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